Iloilo City completes P1.8-M facility for mentally-ill patients
Former Iloilo City Vice Mayor Guillermo de la Llana on Monday announced the completion of the P1.8-million three-storey building facility for mentally-ill patients in the city.
The construction of the rehabilitation center started in 1975 with the P237,000 from the countrywide development fund of former Senator Nikki Coseteng.
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas recently gave an additional P110,000 and the city government shelled out another P1.5 million to finish the three-storey infrastructure building.
"The center is well-ventilated with an air-conditioned office and a telephone connection. It also has sufficient water supply," he said. "Everything is there and I am happy that this facility was realized."
The center can accommodate up to 50 patients. At present, it serves as refuge for 30 patients.
De la Llana said the center is willing to accommodate referrals, provided that the relatives would sign a waiver expressing their willingness to provide their patients with medicines.
The facility will be managed by the Care for Mentally Ill Foundation, which the former city official has recently founded to be assisted by some personnel of the city government.
The building will be inaugurated on December 28 simultaneous with the annual Christmas party of the patients. (PNA)