PGMA allots P26 M to upgrade 2 WV government hospitals
The Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development 6 (CHD 6) reported recently that a total of P26,005,000.00 had been allocated for the upgrading of two government general hospitals here in Western Visayas .
Of this amount, DOH said P20,005,000.00 will go to Western Visayas Sanitarium, a DOH-retained hospital in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo and the remaining P6,000,000.00 for Dr. Vicente Gustilo Memorial District Hospital in Escalante City Negros Occidental.
The fund sourced from the Office of the President will be used for the improvement of the hospitals' infrastructure and provision of equipment.
"The upgrading of government general hospitals from level one to level two or from level two to level three care hospitals is one of the priority projects of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Western Visayas", said DOH CHD6 Director Lydia Depra Ramos in a press report.
Ramos added that this allocation from the OP for the upgrading of these hospitals in the region assures improvement in the provision of health services and eventually uplift the quality of life in Western Visayas.
The administration remains focused and determined to sustain the surge of economic progress while providing the people with social payback from those gains consisting of the boosts on jobs and services, so Filipino families are not only lifted from abject poverty but insulated from disease and ignorance.
(PIA)