SOMETIME last May, MWBuzz reported that the municipal
government of Jose Panganiban would soon launch an ultra-sound facility
targeting pregnant mothers across the municipality.
It would the first in the province of CamNorte to be
operated by an LGU.
The idea is to provide cheap ultra-sound service to
expectant mothers and those who are nearing childbirth.
Now, this project has become a reality and would open soon
to the public.
It is just waiting for the staff who will operate the
facility to have their training on this Php650,000 equipment at the National
Kidney Center of the Philippines in Quezon City.
It has its own air-conditioned room next to the municipal
hospital which sits just across the town hall.
To showcase the importance of this service, the local
government through the Municipal Health Office (MHO) held a day-long “Buntis
Congress” last December 15 and provided free-of-charge ultra-sound and free
checkup services to 30 indigent pregnant mothers from baranggays across the
municipality.
The specialized service was provided by seven OB
Gynecologists from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), who also lectured on
prenatal and post-natal care.
In our update on the which appears in this edition, a public
affairs staff at the LGU-JP said that it would benefit much local pregnant
mothers because the service would only cost P400.00 as against the fee charged
by ultra-sound services in Daet, the provincial capital and center of commerce.
With one like this in Mambulao, mothers would no longer have
to travel far for the services.
The beauty of this project is that under this healthcare
initiative of Mayor Ricarte Padilla, all pregnant mothers of would be
registered with PhilHealth.
And since the municipality’s RHUs (rural health units) are
already accredited with PhilHealth, mothers giving birth would no longer have
to spend anything.
Padilla said that under this scheme, the local government
would generate some revenues.
Upon the delivery of the baby, PhiHealth will pay the cost
which is Php6,000.
Of the amount, Php2,000 will go to the doctor as
professional fee and the balance of P4,000 will go to the coffers of the
municipality.
It takes some imagination to come up with an effective
project that would truly benefit both Mambulaoans and the local government.
The setting up of the ultra-sound facility under the
auspices of the local government is one.
Surely, this would surely go a long way in helping mothers
nurtured their unborn babies.
At the same time, it would make Mambulaoans feel that their
mayor – Meyor Dong – doesn’t stop coming up with projects with long-lasting
benefits to his constituents.
The coming of the ultra-sound service is one good news to
usher in the New Year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAMBULAOANS across the globe -- from MWBuzz,
your news tunnel.
- Alredo P
Hernandez
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