Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, on Friday, 24 November, inspected the Sorsogon Cancer Treatment Center and the newly renovated Sorsogon Provincial Hospital in Sorsogon City — projects he supported in his capacity as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and vice chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance.

Go emphasized the crucial link between health and development. He remains committed to improving healthcare in communities by ensuring that public health services and its facilities can be accessed by the poor and those in need of government assistance the most.

"Kamakailan ay isinulong ko na mabigyan ng kaukulang pondo ang Sorsogon Provincial Hospital para ma-renovate, mapalaki at mapaganda ito, at mabigyan din ng karagdagang hospital equipment," he said.

"Kasama ang lokal na mga opisyal noon sa pamumuno ni former governor at kapwa ko senador Chiz Escudero, isinulong rin natin ang pagtatayo ng cancer treatment center dito sa Sorsogon para mabigyan ng karampatang atensyon ang mga may ganitong sakit. Isa ito sa mga inisyatibo natin para ilapit ang serbisyong pangkalusugan na kinakailangan ng ating mga mamamayan sa kanilang komunidad," he added.

In an interview, Go stressed that these early initiatives complement the recent enactment of the Regional Specialty Centers Act which he principally sponsored and is one of the authors in the Senate. He emphasized the urgency of decentralizing specialized services across the nation, drawing attention to the need to bring health services and facilities closer to the people.

"Di ba ang Heart Center, nasa Quezon City? Ang Lung Center, nasa Quezon City. Ngayon po, ilalagay na po ito sa mga existing DOH (Department of Health) regional hospitals," he noted, highlighting the existing concentration of specialized medical facilities in urban areas.

Elaborating further, Go outlined the government's strategic plan: "It's a multi-year plan of the government, a five-year plan, na maglalagay po ng mga heart care center, neonatal, ortho, brains, spine, kidney, lung, sa iba't ibang DOH regional hospitals para hindi na nila kailangang magbiyahe ng Metro Manila."

This comprehensive plan aims to distribute critical and specialized healthcare services across various regions, thereby reducing the need for patients to travel long distances for specialized care.