DOH hands over dental health bus to Ormoc

Fr. Reynan Ilustrisimo, accompanied by outgoing Mayor Edward C. Codilla, blesses the new mobile dental clinic.

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.

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.