{"id":262841,"date":"2026-04-10T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wonderful-indigo-elk.62-72-47-242.cpanel.site\/laguna-opens-1st-free-chemotherapy-center\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:41:39","slug":"laguna-opens-1st-free-chemotherapy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/?p=262841","title":{"rendered":"Laguna Opens 1st Free Chemotherapy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Laguna provincial government launched its first chemotherapy center on Wednesday at the Laguna Medical Center (LMC) in Santa Cruz town, improving access to cancer treatment across the province.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial information officer Danilo Lucas, in a statement, said the center provides free services to qualified patients, emphasizing the government&#8217;s commitment to inclusive healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newly established facility is expected to ease the burden of patients who previously had to travel outside the province for chemotherapy treatment,\u201d Lucas said.<\/p>\n<p>Patients also receive a free half cavan of rice to support their daily needs during treatment and recovery, he added.<\/p>\n<p>To access services, patients must register with the Provincial Health Office (PHO) and secure an appointment with an oncologist for assessment and treatment planning.<\/p>\n<p>The project resulted from collaboration among the PHO, Laguna Health Team, and We Hope Medical Group.<\/p>\n<p>During the inauguration, Governor Sol Aragones expressed her joy about the new chemotherapy center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re happy. Success! The first chemotherapy center we promised in Laguna is now here,\u201d she said. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaboration among health agencies helped bring the chemotherapy center to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":262842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19578],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"8647":"sana mas marami pang ganitong facility \ud83d\ude0a\r","8648":"sana mas mapalawak ang serbisyo \ud83d\udc4d\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/262842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}