The Office of the Vice President on Wednesday clarified that its medical assistance program is not a replication of the Malasakit Center program launched by the national government.

OVP spokesperson Reynold Munsayac said that their medical assistance program is providing medical aid even those who have critical illnesses, far from the mandate of the Malasakit Center which only provides support to have medical bills become zero.

"It's not a replication with the Malasakit program. They complement each other," said Munsayac in a phone interview with Daily Tribune. "If it's a critical illness, it's a case-to-case basis, depending on the hospital, depending on the availability of funds, and depending what the illness is."

"But the amount depends on how much our fund is," he added.

Munsayac also said that the OVP has a medical assistance to indigent program.