PHILIPPINE healthtech social enterprise 1Life Inc. has partnered with Singapore Diagnostics (SGD), the country’s first College of American Pathologists (CAP)-accredited diagnostic facility, to expand access to free preventive laboratory services for Filipinos.

1Life patients enrolled in PhilHealth’s Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (Yakap) can receive nine covered diagnostic tests at no cost across 23 participating SGD branches spanning Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

1Life President Niño Namoco, Laboratory Partnerships and Compliance Head Allister Adam Oraña, SGD President Ritche Joseph Manuel Evidente and COO Norely Gil formalized the partnership through the signing of a memorandum of agreement at SGD’s office in Robinsons Cyber Omega, Ortigas, Pasig City.

Yakap is PhilHealth’s flagship preventive health care program, focused on early diagnosis and timely intervention to prevent disease progression and hospitalization among all PhilHealth members and their dependents, regardless of age.

As an accredited PhilHealth Yakap provider, 1Life Inc. delivers these preventive benefits, with its partnership with SGD enabling patients to access required laboratory tests at no expense.

“Preventive care only works if people can actually get tested, and that has always been 1Life’s mission. Partnering with trusted laboratory providers is fundamental to this, because accurate diagnoses and sound treatment decisions begin with reliable diagnostics. When a patient can receive a comprehensive laboratory workup at no cost, that goes beyond diagnosis. That is an opportunity for a healthier life,” Namoco said.

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