DESPITE an increase in the number of students visiting the UST Health Service everyday, the clinic has reduced its operating hours starting this month to cut costs.
Based on the clinic’s current statistics, an average of 137 students visit everyday—a 33 per cent increase from last year.
But Health Service director Dr. William Olalia said they had to cut operating hours because few students visit the clinic on Saturdays and even less after 5 p.m. on weekdays.
Nevertheless, he said the UST Hospital’s emergency room would accept urgent cases in lieu of the clinic after office hours for free.
The Health Service will now be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except on weekends.
Meanwhile, Olalia said the Health Service is also working on the computerization of the patient records.
“(Everything is ready). It’s just a matter of the University approving that budget (for the computers),” he said. Reagan D. Tan
