Discaya pledges hospital in 2 years

Pasig mayoral candidate Sarah Discaya expressed confidence that she could build a new hospital within two years if elected as the new local chief executive in the upcoming midterm elections.

Discaya said she would prioritize healthcare by constructing an 11-story, world-class healthcare facility if she wins the mayoral race in the May elections.

“You’ll hear from Ate Sarah about the promised hospital. We can build it in two years. We can truly do it,” she told local constituents during a caucus meeting in Barangay Kapitolyo on Sunday evening.

“We are currently building a hospital in Manila. We started last year, and it will be completed this year. In two years, we can surely build it,” she added.

According to Discaya, some patients at the LGU-run hospitals were forced to sit on monobloc chairs with hanging dextrose due to overcrowding and lack of proper facilities.

“Who here has been confined at PCGH [Pasig City General Hospital] or Child’s Hope? Is it right that some patients have to sit on monobloc chairs, sometimes for three days? Is that okay? I thought it was just a rumor,” she asked local constituents.

Discaya emphasized that the new hospital would be equipped with modern equipment and facilities.

“What we want is for the new hospital to have complete equipment because at our office, we are receiving requests for additional MRI, CT Scan and laboratory equipment because it seems those aren’t available at PCGH. We want everything to be complete when we build this hospital,” she added.

She also stressed that the medical missions they’ve been conducting are just temporary measures.

“Our medical missions are just short-term, band-aid solutions. That’s why we will build a hospital — a permanent solution,” she said.

Discaya also promised zero billing for all Pasigueños, especially indigent patients.

“We were inspired by Governor [Reynaldo] Tamayo Jr. of South Cotabato. In South Cotabato, they don’t have cashiers in the hospital. The same goes for Sultan Kudarat, no cashiers. These are provinces. Here in the city, can’t we do that?” she asked residents.

Additionally, Discaya promised to construct vertical housing for the city’s underprivileged residents, particularly those living in informal settlements.

“Another thing we want to do is build houses. Who here doesn’t have a house?” she asked.

She emphasized that she would not relocate them to the provinces.

“If we build houses, we want you to stay here in Pasig because your jobs are here, your relatives are here,” she said.