Nelson Ancajas recordsdata COC at Manila Resort Tent Metropolis. INQUIRER.internet/John Eric Mendoza
MANILA, Philippines — A road meals vendor filed his certificates of candidacy for senator, utilizing it as a platform to air grievances in regards to the finances reduce for the Philippine Common Hospital (PGH) and enchantment for assist for his little one with a uncommon genetic dysfunction.
“We have now a toddler who has congenital adrenal hyperplasia, it’s a uncommon illness which requires lifetime of therapy, lifetime laboratory, lifetime checkup and with drugs that’s made to order,” mentioned a teary-eyed Nelson Ancajas, a enterprise administration graduate from San Jose Del Monte Metropolis, Bulacan.
Ancajas first filed his COC final 2022 to make clear the situation of his three-year previous little one. Nonetheless, he mentioned he has no illusions of creating the reduce for the subsequent yr’s midterm elections.
“Actual speak. I do know that they are going to take away my title,” he mentioned, including that he’s nonetheless submitting his COC this time to make clear his advocacy.
“Since I began submitting as a person, dad and mom whose youngsters have related situations began to floor,” he mentioned.
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Ancajas mentioned they’ve since shaped a help group for folks of youngsters with the mentioned illness which impacts the adrenal glands, now with some 100 members.
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“Why am I crying? As a result of I keep in mind my expertise, then the tales I’ve heard from my fellow dad and mom whose little one has the identical situation,” Ancajas mentioned.
“Kapag mahirap ka, kawawa ka,” he added.
He then slammed the federal government for trimming the finances of PGH.
“Our kids obtain therapy in PGH, so many depend on PGH. However what’s our authorities doing? They’re slicing the finances of PGH. For each finances reduce you do, it prices lives,” he mentioned.
The Division of Social Welfare and Growth (DSWD) didn’t additionally escape Ancajas’ scorn for the indignity he’s been by every time he asks for assist.
“To be trustworthy, every time I’m going to DSWD, it’s essential to plead earlier than they offer you one thing, it’s essential to bawl your eyes out first as if it’s their cash. I hope this can change,” he mentioned.
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