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*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=944942
*Monday, December 5, 2016
:(PNA), LAP/ZST/JM 

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PNA) -- The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday turned over 26 brand new ambulances to the four provinces of Central Luzon.

A total of nine units of ambulance were given to Pampanga while the other units were distributed to the provinces of Tarlac, Zambales and Bulacan.

The distribution, held at the Benigno Hall, Pampanga Capitol Compound was personally facilitated and handed by PCSO chairman Jose Jorge E. Corpuz, under the agency’s Ambulance Donation Program.

Governor Lilia Nanay Pineda is thankful to President Rodrigo Duterte and to the PCSO for the unwavering support and goodwill in providing assistance not only to Pampanga but the entire Central Luzon.

“This is a big help for the people, particularly the poor who are needing emergency response in times of sickness and calamities,” Pineda said.

The governor also advised the end-users to take extra good care and properly maintain the new ambulance as she stressed that ambulance is a basic necessity in any hospital and other health facilities.

Corpuz said the PCSO donation program is aimed at providing ambulance units to municipalities, hospitals, national government offices and foundations for emergency response and patient transfer as way of giving charity assistance.

Second district Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former second district Rep. Mikey Macapagal Arroyo, board members Cherry Manalo, Anthony Torres, Rosve Henson and PCL president Olga Frances David Dizon, and provincial administrator Andres Pangilinan Jr. also graced the occasion.

In Pampanga, the recipients of the ambulance are the municipalities of Bacolor, San Luis, Porac and San Simon, Mabalacat City, City College of Angeles, Dr. Emigdio C. Cruz Sr. Memorial Hospital in Arayat town, Pampanga State Agriculture University (PSAU) and Dr. Andres J. Luciano District Hospital, both situated in Magalang town.