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Outstanding Governorship Award 2017

HEALTH

Tarlac has achieved universal coverage for basic health services. The The Provincial Government of Tarlac also launched a virtual clinic program.
provincial government has invested Php 252 million to the Tarlac Provincial Through this program, patients can have access to Service Delivery Network
Hospital, Php 90 million to the La Paz Medicare Hospital, Php 20 million (SDN) medical specialist doctors via a web conference to treat some common
to the Gilberto Teodoro Hospital, Php 97 million to the Moncada District health issues. These virtual clinics will provide faster service to Tarlaqueños
Hospital and Php 175 million to the Concepcion Hospital. With a total of and improve effective referral system ensuring that the patients who go to
Php 634 million worth of investment in hospitals, Governor Yap intends to Tarlac Provincial Hospital are the ones that need immediate operations or
provide the best quality of health services to her constituents. medical procedures. In this manner, a preventive measure is done very early in
Gov. Yap launched the “Doctor of the rich is also the Doctor of the poor the course of the disease or a fast, non-delayed medical intervention is done.
program” Under the program, both poor and rich patients shall be attended
to by medical specialists. There will be no distinction as to the treatment
of patients as medical specialists are appointed as the front liners of the
Tarlac Provincial Hospital.

“We have achieved Universal Coverage for Basic Health Services in partnership with the DOH and
PhilHealth resulting in the upgrading of our hospitals with modern equipment like MRI and CT Scan.”

EDUCATION

Governor Yap emphasized the importance of a child’s early development. In Tarlac,
Daycare centers are continuously being improved as there are a total of 22,322 Kindergarten
Students enrolled in Early Childhood Education in this school year alone.
Scholarship and financial assistance are also being provided to deserving students. In
addition, the province of Tarlac has partnered with the ECJ Foundation in providing further
studies for the teachers to obtain a masteral or a doctorate degree. Php 42,500,000.00 was
allotted for this year to 1,000 teachers in 433 public schools under the project FREE program.
“Education is key to our province's success. Another project of Governor Yap with the ECJ foundation is Project HOPE which targets
Education is our gateway in improving quality 1,000 Out of School Youth (OSY) to be trained through partner institutions in developing
of life as we aim for a high literacy rate.”
their technical-vocational and entrepreneurial skills.
Gov. Yap has committed to invest on education infrastructure. Currently, speech
laboratories has been delivered and implemented in Victoria National High School,
Moncada National High School, Capas High School, Benigno National High School, Anao
High School and Mababanaba High School. New school buildings are also being built in San
Clemente Central Elementary School and Corazon Aquino National High School.
Access to quality education is key to a province’s success. With high literacy rate, the
people of Tarlac will have a higher chance in improving their quality of life.

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