ALABEL, Sarangani (July 13, 2010) – Sarangani receives P54,225,000 worth of health facilities from the Department of Health (DOH) through its Center for Health Development (CHD)-SOCSKSARGEN, officials said on Tuesday (July 13).
The assistance from the DOH is in response to the province’s health program to “provide quality health services for the Sarangans”.
Of this fund, P52,740,000 will go to infrastructural development while P1,485,000 is intended for hospital equipment.
“This is for the improvement of our municipal hospitals, health centers, barangay health stations and hospital equipment,” Governor Migs Dominguez said.
A total of P15,028,000 is intended for hospital infrastructure improvement of Maitum (P3.372-M) and for Malungon (P11,656-M), according to a briefer from DOH-CHD- SOCSKSARGEN,
Maitum is Sarangani’s farthest municipality to the West while Malungon is the province’s Northern and only land-locked municipality.
In 2007, Maitum won the national Galing Pook award for its maternity home that offers services to adjacent municipalities of Kiamba, Maasim, and Palimbang of Sultan Kudarat province.
Sarangani’s seven municipalities, with each of their rural health units, have a total fund of P17,082,000 for the improvement of the health centers.
Also, 16 of the province’s barangay health stations will receive a total of P20,630,000 for infrastructural development.
“These are among our remotest barangays where the communities need most immediate health care,” according to Governor Dominguez.
Among these are the barangay health stations of Pinol, Mabay, Kalaong, Upo and Mindupok in Maitum town, Maligang and Lagundi in Kiamba, Lumasal and Kamanga in Maasim, Alegria in Alabel, Lun Padidu and Kinam in Malapatan, Small Margus in Glan, and Malandag, Kiblat and Upper Mainit in Malungon.
Maitum and Malungon municipal hospitals have P1,485,000 intended for new hospital equipment. (Russtum G. Pelima/SARANGANI INFROMATION OFFICE)
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