00:00The National Health Insurance Program, otherwise known as PhilHealth, is on a campaign to increase its membership by broadening its services via its Consulta Expo initiative.
00:11And today, the program held court in a mall in the capital city that drew close to a full house attendance,
00:17thanks to free-of-charge medical checkups and on-the-spot registration that PTV correspondent Noel Talacay covered in this report.
00:25Each person fell in line to avail the different services offered at the Consulta Expo of the Philippine Health Insurance or PhilHealth.
00:36The activity area of a mall in Ermita, Manila was almost full where the said expo was held.
00:42Dito sa PhilHealth Regional Office ng NCR, initiative po namin ito para mapalapit sa mga membro ng NCR ang services na pinoprovide ng Consulta Program.
00:56During the activity, non-PhilHealth individuals were crowded to sign up for membership, register with the Consulta Package Provider, and also get a check-up.
01:08As for existing members, they could also register with the Consulta Package Provider and get diagnosed as well.
01:15Usually, pag meron kaming Consulta Expo, in-invite namin yung mga rural health center, mga accredited Consulta Provider na malapit sa area ng malls, and then kung saan ginagawa yung Expo.
01:29The PhilHealth Consulta Package is the expanded primary care benefit package of PhilHealth.
01:34It aims to keep individuals away or out of the reach of serious illnesses or disease.
01:40PhilHealth's call to the public.
01:42Okay, lahat po ng mga Pilipino dyan na nakarinig ho kayo, nakabalita kayo, nakamarites kayo, na merong Expo ho sa mall, PhilHealth Consulta, dito po sa NCR, pumunta ho kayo.
01:54Based on PhilHealth data, there are over 5,000 Consulta accredited health facilities nationwide.
02:00In Metro Manila alone, there are over 500 health facilities to register the Consulta Package.
02:06Just visit the PhilHealth website, Noel Talakay from the National TV Network for New and Better Philippines.
