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Palawan gov't opens new hospital in Aborlan
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/997674
- Tuesday, June 27, 2017 8:30 pm
- By Grace Ann N. Belostrino (PNA)
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) MIMAROPA and the Provincial Government of Palawan jointly inaugurated and opened Tuesday the new Php121-million Aborlan Medicare Hospital (AMH) expected to better serve the health needs of residents of the town.
Under the IHELP (Infrastructure, Health, Education, Livelihood, and Protection of the Environment) program of the provincial government, the construction of the AMH was helped in funding by the DOH with Php67 million.
It is the first to finish construction and open among 13 medicare hospitals in the province that was committed by Governor Jose Alvarez to upgrade the delivery of basic medical healthcare to Palaweños.
The AMH is complete with modern facilities for residents of Aborlan and other nearby municipalities.
Its use is free for indigent residents with Philhealth membership cards, said DOH-MIMAROPA Regional Director Eduardo Janairo.
Janairo said the health department will continue to provide support to the provincial government so it can continue to improve medical care for the Palaweño people.
"We will continue to help Palawan so it can continue with its goal to provide what is lacking in health services." Janairo stated.
He said his only request is for residents to support good leadership in Palawan.
Dr. Maria Arlin Josue, chief of the AMH, said the people of the town now have an advantage against threats to their health as there is now a medicare hospital that is ready to help them.
"If there is no vision and plan, this will not come into reality -- our dream to have a hospital that is our own," she said.
Governor Alvarez, for his part, said the 55-bed capacity hospital may be extended later on when funds become available.
"This first medicare hospital signals the realization of our dreams for improved help of the Palaweño people," Alvarez said, adding the support of the people is what inspires the provincial government to seek better medical health care for the people.