Filipinos suffering from sleep disorders may receive free medical assistance from the government once a measure establishing sleep disorder awareness and education program is passed into law. | MAgerINQ
These conditions, he said, constitute a “global epidemic that endangers the health and standard of living of up to 45% of the world’s population.”
In the Philippines, however, “most are unaware that sleep disorders exist despite its serious and deleterious effects on one’s health,” the senator pointed out when he filed the bill last month.
“The DOH may also provide free medical assistance and therapy to those who are suffering from it. This might be a straightforward aid to those who are experiencing it so that they can once more have a restful night’s sleep,” he said. The DOH is likewise mandated to conduct a study on the impact of sleep disorders on educational advancement and achievement.
The study, the bill said, should determine the prevalence of sleep disorder among the population and the morbidity and mortality rates associated with sleep disorder; report on current national and local programs to educate the public about the dangers of sleep disorder, as well as evaluate the value of such programs; and make recommendations on measures that could be undertaken by the Congress, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of Health, to strengthen sleep disorder awareness...
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