San Juan allots P150M for treatment against vaccine’s adverse effects

Mayor Francis Zamora. FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — San Juan allocated P150 million for the hospital treatment for those who will experience negative effects after getting inoculated against Covid-19, City Mayor Francis Zamora said Wednesday.

“We have about 150 million pesos of funding for medical assistance. Binanggit din ng DOH [Department of Health] na ganoon ang gagamitin nila ‘yung pondo nila sa medical assistance program ang pangbakuna ng panggamot sa mga posibleng magkaroon ng adverse reactions so we will basically do the same, except, locally, mayroon kaming sariling pondo din,” said Zamora in a press conference in San Juan City Hall, when asked about funds for those who will have adverse effects in the city’s vaccination program.

(We have about 150 million pesos of funding for medical assistance. The DOH said they will use a medical assistance program for medication of those who will have adverse reactions from the vaccines so we will basically do the same, except, locally we have our own funds.)

“Given the fact we are small city with relatively huge budget, if you would compare to number of constituents, malaki laki ang pondo ng San Juan. Hindi kailangan mag-alala. We don’t need an indemnification fund for this because we have more than enough already in our 2021 budget,” the mayor added.

(Given the fact that we are a small city with a relatively huge budget, if you compare to number of constituents, San Juan has a bigger budget. We don’t need to worry. We don’t need indemnification for this because we have more than enough already in 2021 budget.)

The government will shoulder the treatment of Filipinos who will experience adverse effects of the coronavirus vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.

So far, Zamora said 23,200 registered to avail anti-Covid-19 vaccines. Of the number,  19,500 are San Juan residents while 3,700 are health care workers employed in the city.

DOH previously said that the national government will shoulder medication funds for those who will experience side effects after being inoculated against Covid-19.

JPV