The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) provides medical equipment to government hospitals for better health services through its Medical Equipment Donation Program.
"Ang Medical Equipment Donation program po ng PCSO ay programa sa pagtulong sa mga ospital ng gobyerno upang mapaganda o mapaayos ang kanilang serbisyo sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay po ng PCSO ng mga karampatang medical equipments," PCSO Charity Assistance Department Manager Atty. Marissa Medrano explained during an interview with DZRH Execuive Session on Saturday, March 11.
Hospitals operated by local government units (LGUs), the Department of Health (DOH), the military, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are among those who can avail the medical equipment assistance from PCSO.
Medrano has mentioned some of the equipment on their list including incubators, hospital beds, and mechanical ventilators.
The PCSO also provides imaging machines such as ECG machines, MRI, computed tomography scans, X-ray machines, doppler ultrasound machines, and cardiac monitors.
They also offer defibrillator paddles, automated external defibrillators, laparoscopic instruments, operating room table and light, anesthesia machine, hematology and chemistry analyzer, centrifuge, and more equipment certified by the DOH.
For maintenance and consumables, hospital and medical centers are required to send a letter of request addressed to PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles.
They are also allowed to submit a project proposal with their medical facility profile, license to operate, medical facility evaluation from the DOH, and maintenance and other operating expenses.
Meanwhile, Medrano urged the public to avail of lotto tickets and other games by PSCO to help them provide more charity programs.
"Sana ay patuloy na tangkilikin ng inyong tagapakinig o tagapanood ang mga produkto at mga laro ng PCSO," she said, "Para po mas dumami pa po ang maaari nating charity programs na maibibigay sa nangangailangan nating kabbaayan."
