State-run hospitals in Pangasinan to operate blood collecting unit

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2821435809481/state-run-hospitals-in-pangasinan-to-operate-blood-collecting-unit
• Friday, July 3, 2015

By Elsha Marie Soriano (MCA/EMBS/PIA-1, Pangasinan)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan July 3 (PIA) – At least 12 hospitals run by the Pangasinan provincial government will soon operate their own blood collecting units to provide a sufficient and higher level of health service to their patients.

On Monday, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan referred to the committee on health the proposed resolution, endorsing to the Department of Health (DOH) the individual application of the government hospitals that intend to put up and operate their own blood collecting unit or blood station.

The resolution, authored by Board Member Napoleon Fontelera, Jr., said the Pangasinan-run hospitals have been improved and rehabilitated which resulted to the significant increase in the number of patients.

“In line with the main thrusts of the provincial government to have a mass base health care program to accommodate all people especially the less fortunate sector of society, there is a need to support the plan of the hospitals to operate a blood collecting unit,” the resolution said.

The hospitals which will soon have their own blood station are as follows: District Hospitals in Western Pangasinan, Eastern Pangasinan, Mangatarem, Bayambang and Urdaneta City; Community Hospitals from the towns of Asingan, Manaoag, Bolinao, Dasol, Mapandan, Pozorrubio and Umingan.