TACLOBAN CITY – The best practices of Leyte province in terms of delivering basic health services to the people is what Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan want to replicate in her province.
Conditions of hospitals in Samar province is considered as one of the worst in the region due to absence or lack of equipment, doctors and poor building condition.
Tan, in an interview after her meeting with Leyte Gov.Jericho Petilla, on Tuesday said that among the programs on health services that will be replicated by her administration is to improve the mother and child care and hospital improvement.
Although there is an existing project on rehabilitation of district hospitals, Tan said that on the part of provincial hospital, they are still waiting for the capitation coming from Philhealth which would fund its rehabilitation.
However, although no construction work for additional building is being done, additional equipment were put in place at the Samar Provincial Hospital, Tan said.
Aside from the rehabilitation of district hospitals, she said that they had already forged a tie-up with Sister Eloisa David to address problem on mother and child mortality due to birthing complication by establishing birthing units in every municipality.
David is an official of Kakak Foundation, who had been assisting the provincial government by establishing birthing clinic in the province.
As of July of this year, 23 birthing units had been funded by Kakak Foundation to provide basic health and medical assistance and services to pregnant women and new-born babies.
To address the malnutrition problem in Samar, Tan said that they had been coordinating with the Department of Social Welfare and Development in identifying areas in the province with high malnutrition incidence.
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