THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has formed a collaboration with big government medical partners, which is expected to pave the way for more incentives, including free executive check-ups for ‘Gawad Lingkod Bayani’ national awardees.
CSC Chairman Marilyn Barua-Yap said on Tuesday that the agency sealed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine General Hospital, Philippine Heart Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, and the Lung Center of the Philippines.
“In addition to medical benefits, the program reinforces its commitment to lifelong learning. Awardees — or their designated and qualified beneficiary (spouse, child, parent, or sibling) — may avail of scholarship opportunities within five years from the conferment of their award,” Barua-Yap said.
Participating institutions offering scholarship programs include the Philippine Normal University, University of the Philippines, and Mariano Marcos State University, with opportunities available across their campuses nationwide, according to the CSC chief.
Barua-Yap told The Manila Times that the CSC has also collaborated with hospitals outside Metro Manila to enhance access to health services nationwide.
The new hospital partners include the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Region 1, Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital, Western Visayas State University Medical Center, Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital in Region 6, and Cotabato Regional Medical Center in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
For the scholarship opportunities, the CSC said that interested applicants must meet the respective admission and course requirements of the partner universities.
Also, the commission said that the expanded partnerships underscore the program’s commitment to making benefits more accessible, inclusive, and regionally available, enabling awardees to access health services or pursue educational advancement within or closer to their home regions.
The top CSC official urged other medical and academic institutions to partner with the agency to provide meaningful incentives to government workers “who embody ‘puso,’ ‘dangal,’ at ‘galing’ in public service."
Previously known as the Search for Outstanding Government Workers, the Gawad Lingkod Bayani, according to CSC, is part of the government’s rewards and incentives mechanism aimed at encouraging government employees to uphold the highest standards of service, ethics, and professionalism by recognizing exceptional performance.