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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday led the inauguration of an intermediate health facility that aims to provide urgent care services to Filipinos throughout the week.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo today, as we open the doors to Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service Center or BUCAS, we are not just inaugurating a new building. We are transforming how we handle critical moments when time is both our greatest enemy and our most valuable ally,\u201d the President said in his speech at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BUCAS Center aims to bridge the gap between primary care facilities such as rural health units or city health centers, and higher-level health institutions or hospitals by providing urgent health care services for minor surgeries and other ancillary services.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis ensures that focus shall be given to patients needing special care, while still providing proper medical services for those with less complicated cases,\u201d President Marcos said, adding the services will be provided throughout the week, including weekends.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President noted that there are 31 BUCAS Centers nationwide as of September 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFor these are more than just about the number of centers, or the amount of funding. It is about replacing uncertainty and worry with a sense of reassurance that help is close by. It is about the lives that we change and the hope that we restore,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The network of care, the Chief Executive noted, assures every Filipino\u2014whether in the heart of the city or the most remote province\u2014that they are seen, valued, and cared for.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BUCAS Center is part of the Department of Health (DOH)\u2019s Modernization for Health Equity and \u201c28 for 28 by 28\u201d initiative, which targets the building of 28 primary health facilities for 28 million Filipinos who are most in need of quality and accessible healthcare services by 2028.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Philippine Heart Center is one of the first government specialty hospitals to establish its own BUCAS Center within its premises.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday led the inauguration of an intermediate health facility that aims to provide urgent care services to Filipinos throughout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8495,"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\/8494"}],"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=8494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8496,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8494\/revisions\/8496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}