MEMBERS of the Social Security System (SSS) in Pangasinan can now avail of medical services at the agency’s newly-opened Physical Examination (PE) Center in Dagupan City.

The Dagupan PE Center is one of more than 50 new branch clinics opened by SSS nationwide last January 7 to enhance the delivery of services.

“The PE Centers will serve as hubs for SSS medical services that will conduct physical examination of members with sickness and disability claims. The Centers will also provide check-ups, consultations and other medical services to SSS employees and their dependents,” said SSS Medical Services Division Officer-in-Charge Dr. Leticia Ong.

Ong said one to five SSS doctors are assigned in every PE Center, depending on the branch’s size and volume of transactions.

Each PE Center has a waiting area and at least one examination table in an enclosed area to ensure privacy.

“Sickness and disability claimants are often within hearing distance of other transacting members. With the new PE Centers, we address their need for privacy in discussing sensitive details about their health so that SSS doctors can better evaluate their medical condition,” Ong said.

The SSS will assess its implementation of PE Centers after six months and study the possibility of opening more SSS branch clinics by then, she added.

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