THE Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading Senate Bill (SB) 2212 which seeks to establish regional specialty centers in hospitals run by the Department of Health (DoH).

Under the bill, all regions are required to establish at least one specialty center within five years. This would make special health care "affordable to the people," Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said.

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