The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. said it offers packages for patients infected with Zika virus.
PhilHealth spokesperson Dr. Israel Francis A. Pargas said the existing Zika package are covered by an existing program for diseases from mosquito-borne viral diseases and also covers “microcephaly cases” among pregnant women detected with Zika.
“She [referring to the current Zika pregnant case as of September, 2016] if needed can surely avail of the PhilHealth packages especially if she is a member of it,” Dr. Eric Tayag DoH spokesperson said.
The assurance of existence of PhilHealth packages that will cover the need for confinement and hospitalization was made in light of the DoH’s recent announcement that its recent 12 cases recorded as of September includes a 22-year-old woman who was diagnosed to be 19 weeks pregnant in Cebu.
The baby is the first expectant child of the woman whom the DOH refused to identify in order to protect her right to privacy but DOH spokesperson Dr. Eric Tayag said no fetal abnormalities were detected by ultrasound.