ARTICLE XIII
HEALTH
Section 11. The State shall
adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development
which
shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social
services
available to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be priority
for the needs of the under-privileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women,
and children. The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to
paupers.
Section 12. The State shall
establish and maintain an effective food and drug regulatory system and
undertake appropriate health, manpower development, and research,
responsive
to the country's health needs and problems.cralaw:red
Section 13. The State shall
establish a special agency for disabled person for their
rehabilitation,
self-development, and self-reliance, and their integration into the
mainstream
of society.
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