MANILA, Philippines—With 85,000 new cancer cases in the country every year—and the number expected to double in the next decade—the government is planning to open by 2015 nine oncology centers that will treat indigents with certain types of cancer for free, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said on Thursday. Ona said the Department of Health (DOH) was already bidding out the P3 billion project, which will be done through public-private partnership agreements, to set up oncology centers that will cover various regions from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. "Patients need not come to Cebu, Manila or Davao for treatment. It will be made available in the s...
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