SEVERAL students met with Senator Christopher ‘Bong’ Go in the Senate to share their stories of hope through the Malasakit Center.

Krystelle Morales, a Political Science student from the University of the East in Manila City shared with the Senator how the Malasakit Center Program supported her family through a very heart-breaking period in their lives.

Krystelle’s father, Jimbo, was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

“Natulungan po ng Malasakit Center ‘yung papa ko kasi nagkasakit po siya ng brain tumor. Tapos nung panahon po na ‘yun, sobrang hirap po pagdating sa finances. Pero sobrang thankful po ako kasi natulungan kami ng Malasakit,” she recalled.

“Kasi po, nung time po na ‘yun, nasa P1 million po ‘yung kailangan n’ya. Ganun po kalaking halaga, hindi alam ng mama ko kung saan po siya kukuha ng pera,” Krystelle added.

Thanks to the support from the Malasakit Centers, her father is now on the path to recovery.

“Pero nagpapasalamat po ako sa Malasakit, kay Senator Bong Go po. Salamat po kasi natulungan niyo po ‘yung papa ko na ngayon po nakaka-survive na po siya at nagpapagaling na po,” she said.

Another student Jaymes Mamorno also expressed his deep gratitude towards the Malasakit Centers for their invaluable assistance during his mother’s severe health crisis.

“‘Yung nanay ko po kasi, may cancer, Stage IV breast cancer. Kailangan niya mag-chemo. Sa Malasakit Center po kami ni-refer ng mga LGU, at doon ko na-witness na may gobyerno,” Jaymes said.

“Senator Bong Go, maraming salamat po dahil natulungan niyo po ang aking ina sa pagki-chemo,” Jaymes shared.

Malasakit Centers are one-stop shops that aim to support impoverished patients in reducing their hospital costs to the least possible amount.