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Fr. Reynan Ilustrisimo, accompanied by outgoing Mayor Edward C.
Codilla, blesses the new mobile dental clinic.
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THE Department of Health (DOH) turned over a mobile dental clinic
(MDC) to enable the City Health Department (CHD) to provide dental services to depressed
areas. Manufactured in China, the airconditioned six-wheeler coaster was
customized into a clinic equipped with two dental chairs, lavatory, hand
instruments and other equipment.
Ormoc is reportedly included in the 100 localities provided with
the MDC worth P3,950,000 each as part of the Health Facility Enhancement
Program of DOH. Other places in Eastern Visayas that received the dental bus
are Northern Samar and Biliran provinces, Palo town, and the cities of
Tacloban, Baybay and Maasin.
Dr. Donabel B. Lago, coordinator of CHD’s Dental Health Program said
the MDC will prove useful during medical missions and the barangay visits
of the mayor except in hard-to-reach areas. Aside from the dental bus, the DOH
also turned over 25 wheelchairs worth P3,225 each or a total of P80,639.75.
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| Outgoing Mayor Edward C. Codilla, outgoing city administrator Francis Pepito and outgoing secretary to the mayor Gaudioso Y. Ypanto pose with the CHD medical team inside the medical bus. |
