“Caring”hospital in Sarangani opens

By JENNY ROSE DE GUZMAN

MALUNGON, Sarangani (November 9, 2012) – Gov. Migs Dominguez has urged hospital personnel to “care” and not merely “serve” patients during the inauguration of a provincial government-run hospital here.

“Kalinga”(care) was the best that any hospital personnel could offer to the patients, the governor stressed. He explained that in merely serving sometimes “we lose our passion”.

Further, he challenged Mayor Reynaldo Constantino and Dr. Cynthia Guevarra, chief of hospital, and the rest of the hospital staff to make the new hospital inaugurated on Monday (November 5) as the “best municipal hospital in Region XII”.

The hospital looks spick and span and was said to be the most modern among the province’s hospitals in the municipalities. But Dominguez said “ang pagsasabi ng top 1 to be the best ay hindi dahil sa maganda ang building.”

“Tamang kalinga mula sa bawat empleyado,” the governor said, would make the hospital as the best in the region.

The Department of Health-funded municipal hospital in Malungon is among dozens of health facilities being built or rehabilitated across the province by the DOH and provincial government.

The infrastructure and equipment cost of the Malungon Municipal Hospital was broken down into P1,035,000 for equipment and P11,656,000 for the building. The new building has a 10-bed capacity upgradable to 25 beds and was annexed to the old hospital building.

The hospital was funded under the Health Facility Enhancement Program which upgrades and rehabilitates public health facilities in line with the DOH’s goal of providing Universal Health Care in partnership with the local government units.

As the Malungon municipal hospital is PhilHealth accredited, Dr. Guevarra hoped for more PhilHealth members to benefit from the hospital.

The main facilities added in the upgraded hospital were three wards, four nurses’ and doctors’ quarters, a radiology room and a dietary room.

DOH representative Rey Santella said the completion of the project was a result of the collaborative effort of the community, end users, the DOH, and the local government units. For more news and updates, please visit the <a href=http://www.sarangani.gov.ph/ > Province of Sarangani </a>. Come and enjoy the MunaTo Festival and 20th Foundation Anniversary of Sarangani Provinceon November 28-30, 2012. (Jenny Rose de Guzman/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)