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Coronavirus patient's hospital bill reaches Php 3M



A hospital bill of a patient who was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached a whopping P3 million in just 16 days, according to Stand for Truth as qouted by GMA news.1

According Jerome, before his father succumbing to the disease the bill has reached P3.8 million in a private hospital because his condition became critical. 

For his father's first day in the hospital, the initial bill was already P177,000.


“That time, no choice kami. Wala nang tumatanggap sa amin na kahit anong ospital. Ang nagpamahal dito is ‘yong ER kasi, ang rate nila is P2,800 per hour so doon medyo tumagal kasi puno ‘yong mga ICU,” he said.




“Ang X-ray dito sobrang dami kasing kailangang makita kung nagpo-progress ba o hindi then another is ‘yung blood test,” he added.

Jerome roughly narrated the bill of his father, the doctor's fee was more than P200,000, while the laboratory test and pulmonary services cost more than P400,000 - while the medicines had reached up to P1.4 million.




Fortunately, the hospital bill of Jerome's father was covered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) as it announced earlier that it will shoulder the full cost of treatment for COVID-19 patients until April 14. However, starting April 15, PhilHealth announced some limitations on the cash assistance for patients hit by the disease, depending on the patient's condition.


The new cost rates will be 43,997 for those with mild pneumonia; P143,267 for moderate pneumonia; P333,519 for severe pneumonia; and P786,384 for critical pneumonia.

Source: GMA News

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