Upgrade rehab centers, QC solon proposes

Upgrade rehab centers, QC House rep proposes

/ 04:50 AM February 26, 2024

PHOTO: Composite image of the House plenary hall with the House logo superimposed STORY: Upgrade rehab centers, QC House rep proposes

MANILA, Philippines Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo on Sunday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to upgrade the bed capacities of its 23 public residential drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers (DATRCs) nationwide.

Rillo, a House of Representatives committee member on appropriations, said rehab centers were often overcrowded and needed to enforce a waiting list for those seeking admission.

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The DOH currently operates 23 rehab centers in 14 regions where a drug dependent may voluntarily seek admission. The lawmaker assured, “We are ready to endorse bigger funding in 2025 to increase the beds of existing DATRCs and to build new centers if necessary.”

—JEANNETTE I. ANDRADE
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