DOH donates computerized tomography scan machine to Palawan

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=874476
• Friday, April 8, 2016

By Celeste Anna R. Formoso [(PNA), JMC/CARF/EDS]

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, April 8 (PNA) -- A brand new computerized tomography (CT) scan machine was recently donated by the Department of Health (DOH) to the Palawan government for the soon-to-be-opened Aborlan hospital in the southern part of the province.

Engineer Saylito Purisima, chief of the Infrastructure Division and OIC of the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO), said Thursday that the donation was the result of Governor Jose Alvarez’ meeting with the DOH to discuss the donation of the CT scan machine for the Aborlan hospital that will soon open in southern Palawan.

The CT Scan Machine SCT 6800 TX Single Slice can be used for free by members of indigenous communities.

For non-members, the charge for use will be lowered than those in big hospitals in Puerto Princesa, he said.

Purisima added that CT scan machine arrived via cargo in Puerto Princesa on April 6. Formal turnover however, will still be scheduled.

The new medicare hospital in Aborlan is situated in a 1.5 hectare property in Barangay Magsaysay with a 50-bed capacity.

Costing around PHP50-million to construct, it is part of the 15 hospital construction projects of the provincial government all over Palawan under the administration of Alvarez.