NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Arsenio Balisacan on Friday assured the public that there would be no privatization of the University of the Philippines...
NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority chief Arsenio Balisacan on Friday assured the public that there would be no privatization of the University of the Philippines -Philippine General Hospital services despite the proposed cancer center project being a public-private partnership.President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., who heads the NEDA Board, on Thursday gave the nod for the construction of a P6-billion cancer center at the UP-PGH in Manila during a meeting in Malacañang.
'This is a Build Operate Transfer project, the private sector or the private partner will build the facility, they will design, they will engineer and construct the facility then transfer it to the UP-PGH, and then the private sector will operate the facility,' he added.The NEDA chief said that the facility will have 300 beds, half of which are charity beds for the UP-PGH area while the other 150 are private beds.
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