LGU P’sinan ties up with RHUs
to strengthen public health drive
Lingayen – Governor Amado ‘Pogi’ I. Espino, III seeks to boost further the capabilities of Rural Health Units (RHUs) in the province managed by Local Government Units (LGUs) to strengthen public health programs for Pangasinenses.
Stating this during the 6th Provincial Health Summit which coincided with the awarding of 2015 LGU Scorecard, Governor Espino bared that he initially convened member medical practitioners of the Association of Municipal/City Health Officers of Pangasinan (AMHOP) where he brought out the formula on how to further level up the capabilities of RHUs to jive with the public health drive of the provincial administration.
“Tinutulungan namin kayo… at tinutulungan nyo din kami,” Gov. Espino told local health leaders in the province, as he looks forward to a strengthened partnership between the provincial government and the LGUs through the AMHOP which is essential to reinforce the health care development thrust of the province.
The provincial chief executive assured that under his administration, the Provincial Health Office and all district and community hospitals of the province are working diligently to make Pangasinan as the “Home of the Healthiest Filipinos”.
Governor Espino said, leveling up the public health programs delivery of LGU-managed RHUs and barangay clinics is also a strategy to assist community and district hospitals of the province in attending to basic public health issues and concerns.
AMHOP officers and member medical practitioners were again convened by the governor from December 8-10 to discuss how the provincial government could help them based on the exigency of their needs in health care delivery.
Meanwhile, Department of Health Assistant Secretary and Regional Director Myrna Cabotaje lauded the provincial government for launching the ‘I Love Pangasinan Kalusugan Karavan’ which brings various medical services down to the grassroots level or barangays.
To date, the mobile health caravan launched last September which was headed by Pangasinan First Lady Karina Padua-Espino has already provided quality medical and dental attention to about 33,000 Pangasinenses.
It was also learned that the increased number of patients who are confined in provincial government-run district and community hospitals also surpassed the DOH-prescribed bed capacity for the said public health facilities.
This, according to the governor, reflects the trust and confidence of Pangasinenses on the quality and affordable health services offered by provincial government-owned and managed hospitals.