P186M gov’t scholarships inilaan para sa mahirap na gustong mag-doktor

Naglaan ang gobyerno ng P186 milyong halaga ng scholarship para sa mga mahihirap na estudyante na gustong mag doktor.
Ayon kay House Minority Leader at 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan, may inilaan na P186 milyon ang Kongreso para sa Medical Scholarship and Return Service Program sa State Universities and Colleges (SUC) sa ilalim ng 2026 General Appropriations Act.
“By financially supporting deserving medical students, especially those from underserved communities, we are also helping address the chronic shortage of doctors in far-flung and impoverished areas,” sabi ni Libanan.
“We want more Filipino physicians to serve where they are needed most,” dagdag pa nito.
Ayon kay Libanan, ang Doctor of Medicine scholarship program ay ibinibigay sa may 25 SUC sa bansa. Ito ay sa:
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University
Mariano Marcos State University
University of Northern Philippines
Cagayan State University
Isabela State University
Bulacan State University
Batangas State University
Cavite State University
Southern Luzon State University
Bicol University
West Visayas State University
Bohol Island State University
Cebu Normal University-Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
University of the Philippines School of Health Sciences
Samar State University-Samar Island Institute of Medicine
Western Mindanao State University
University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines
University of Southeastern Philippines
Mindanao State University-General Santos City
Sultan Kudarat State University
University of Southern Mindanao
University of the Philippines Manila
Palawan State University
Caraga State University
Mindanao State University-Marawi City
Ayon sa mambabatas, ang medical scholarship program sa SUC ay bukas para sa mga kuwalipikadong Pilipinong estudyante na nais na maging doktor kapalit ng kanyang pagseserbisyo pagka-graduate.
Sinabi ni Libanan na prayoridad sa programa ang mga aplikante mula sa munisipalidad at probinsya kung saan mayroong malaking kakulangan ng doktor.
Itinutulak ni Libanan, isang abogado na mayroong degree sa medical technology, na magkaroon ng College of Medicine sa Eastern Samar State University sa Borongan City. Naaprubahan na ito ng Kamara de Representantes sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa.