The rural health building of Valencia town in Negros Oriental will acquire new medical equipment, with the P.5-million assistance from Senator Teofisto Guingona III’s Priority Development Assistance Fund.
Carmela Fernan, regional director of the Department of Budget Management, said the amount has been deposited to the Development Bank of the Philippines, and credited to the account of the town.
Valencia Mayor Ricky Gonzalez said priority medical equipment to be purchased are a dental chair, hospital beds, delivery tables, mobile aneroid sphygmomanometer, and a wheeled stretcher, and the procurement of the items is ongoing.
Gonzalez said he sought the assistance of Guingona to provide the rural health unit with new medical equipment to improve the delivery of health services to the people.
The Valencia government acquired its P20 million rural health building early this year through a donation from the Energy Development Corporation, that operates a geothermal steam field in the town.*RG
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