{"id":12305,"date":"2025-03-07T01:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2025-03-07T01:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:24:27","slug":"philhealth-has-benefit-package-for-heat-related-illnesses-mercado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/philhealth-has-benefit-package-for-heat-related-illnesses-mercado\/","title":{"rendered":"PHILHEALTH HAS BENEFIT PACKAGE FOR HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES \u2013 MERCADO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>PHILIPPINE Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and CEO Dr. Edwin M. Mercado reminded members that PhilHealth has benefit package for heat-related illnesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercado said heat-related illnesses such as heat stroke, heat cramps, and heat exhaustion are covered by the healthcare coverage of the PhilHealth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>He issued the reminder amid the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) warning of dangerous heat indices as summer nears.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;\u201cMembers and their dependents admitted to any PhilHealth-accredited health facilities due to heat stroke or heat exhaustion are entitled to a benefit package of P12,675,&#8221; Mercado said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cAt kung talaga pong heat fatigue o inatake na ang pasyente, mayroon na kahalong arrhythmia o \u2018yung puso po ay medyo pumapalya, mayroon po tayong coverage until P18,135,\u201d&nbsp;he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The PhilHealth official urged members and families to seek early intervention against heat-related conditions and to use the free Konsulta Package for consultations and symptom checks to mitigate potential severity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercado advised PhilHealth members to be vigilant, stay hydrated, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun, and seek immediate medical attention if they experience any symptoms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILIPPINE Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and CEO Dr. Edwin M. Mercado reminded members that PhilHealth has benefit package for heat-related illnesses. Mercado said heat-related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12307,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12305\/revisions\/12307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}