J.R. Borja General Hospital

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Region 10’s 2,023 barangays to benefit from PCSO’s 75th Anniversary Charity Caravan on Sept. 6

pcso Cagayan de Oro City (4 September) — An estimated 125,000 beneficiaries in region 10 are expected to be served by the “100% Barangays-in-One” Project of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Sunday, September 6.

“The project is actually part of PCSO’s gift to the public for its 75th year of existence, thus, it has offered to conduct a nationwide medical, dental and feeding mission to all the country’s 42,000 barangays, simultaneously, in one day,” said Mario S. Pelisco, Chief Lottery Officer of PCSO, Misamis Oriental.

In the case of region 10, all its 433 city and 1,590 municipal barangays or a total of 2,023 barangays from its five (5) provinces and eight (8) cities are expected to be served by about 172 medical doctors, 210 nurses, 21 pharmacists and 15 dentists.

These medical practitioners who have volunteered to take part of the project are expected to serve at least 121,400 medical, 2,100 dental and another 1,500 feeding patients.

Pelisco also said 21 co-referral hospitals (CRH) have been positioned in 23 cluster centers of the region where there are government hospitals to serve the laboratory examinations and diagnostic procedures needed by indigent patients.

Meanwhile, he said, a total of 500 boxes of medicines have already been sent to the following CRH’s, as of August 24, 2009, to make sure that the medical / dental / feeding mission can start at 8:00 in the morning on September 6:

Bukidnon – Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon Provincial Medical Hospital in Malaybalay City and Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Maramag.

Camiguin – Catarman District Hospital in Catarman and Camiguin General Hospital in Mambajao.

Lanao del Norte – Kolambugan Provincial Hospital in Kolambugan, Lanao Norte Provincial Hospital in Baroy, Kapatagan Provincial Hospital in Kapatagan and G.T. Lluch Memorial Hospital in Iligan City.

Misamis Occidental – Calamba District Hospital in Calamba, Misamis Occidental Provincial Hospital in Oroquieta City, MHARS Regional Teaching & Training Hospital and S.M. Lao Memorial City General Hospital in Ozamiz City and Doña Maria D. Tan Memorial Hospital in Tangub City.

Misamis Oriental – J.R. Borja General Hospital and Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City, Gingoog General Hospital in Gingoog City, Talisayan District Hospital in Talisayan, Medicare Community Hospital in Balingasag and in Manticao, as well as Initao District Hospital in Initao. (PIA 10)

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Oro hospital to specialize in heart, renal ailments soon

nmmc extension The Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) would soon be turned a state-owned hospital that would specialize in specific ailments, officials said.

When this happens, patients with common ailments could go to the city hall-owned JR Borja Memorial City Hospital or private hospitals.

In a news conference, NMMC chief of hospital Jose Chan said the government hospital would focus on cardiology and renal cases in the future.

The NMMC is a beneficiary of The Netherlands’ grant amounting to P130 million. The fund would be used to buy a cardiac catheterization unit.

Cardiac catheterization is a groundbreaking procedure involving the insertion of a catheter into the heart via the neck. It is mainly used to detect complex heart ailments.

Once realized, the NMMC cardiac catheterization unit would be the first of its kind outside Metro Manila, said Chan.

Chan said P110 million of the budget would be used to purchase the equipment while the remainder would be for the construction of a room for the equipment.

Chan said he is confident that doctors at NMMC are prepared for the cardiac catheterization unit.
“We train specialists, doctors in general practice and nurses here,” Chan said.

Meanwhile, a renal transplant unit would also be set up at NMMC in 2010.

With NMMC now becoming a specialty hospital, Chan said that patients experiencing common ailments such as coughs and colds would most likely be accomodated only at JR Borja Memorial City Hospital.

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Concerns on City Hospital Reach Duque

CITY hall has to comply with the requirements of the health department if the J. R. Borja Memorial Hospital is to remain a hospital.

“They (local government) must comply with all DOH requirements,” said Health Secretary Francisco Duque during a news conference on Friday.

He said this when he was told by a radio reporter that the city hall-run hospital was in sorry state.

Caught by surprise, Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH director for northern Mindanao, quickly said city hall has already released millions of pesos to improve the local government-owned hospital.

Earlier, city hall shifted its focus on the JR Borja hospital after Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Rolando Uy filed a bill that seeks to transfer the hospital’s management from the city government to the Department of Health through the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC). Mayor Constantino Jaraula strongly oppposed the bill.

Duque had this to say about Jaraula’s position: “We respect the position of the local chief executive because (the city hospital) is under the local government’s autonomy.”

Concerns about the city hospital’s state and the resignation of its doctors prompted city hall to announce that some P91 million has been set aside for the medical institution this year. City hall also announced an additional budget P5 million for more medicines. Mark Francisco

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Four city hospital docs now with PHO

s-DOCTORS-large AT LEAST four doctors from the J.R. Borja Memorial City Hospital (JRBMCH) transferred to two municipal hospitals in Misamis Oriental, top official from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said.

Dr. Ignacio Moreno, PHO chief, confirmed this on Sunday during the inauguration and turn-over ceremony of the P20-million Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital-Balingasag.

The doctors were Dr. Juanita Notarte, former internal medicine head of J.R. Borja General Hospital (JRBMCH); Dr. Dina Factura, Dr. Tim Ibana, and one Dr. Adejado.

It was learned that Dr. Ann Perez, who is now the acting chief of hospital of Claveria District Hospital, was also from JRBMCH.

“Pero dugay na si Dr. Perez sa Claveria. Ang bag-o lang nadawat dire sa Balingasag mao sila si Dr. Notarte, Dr. Factura, Dr. Ibana and Dr. Adejado, pero dugay na gyud sila nag-apply,” Moreno told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro.

Moreno, however, declined to give any more comment on the doctors’ reason to work at Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital-Balingasag.

Mayor Constantino Jaraula had said the resignations of some 18 physicians recently can’t be blamed in the supposed low pay and poor working conditions at the secondary-grade hospital.

Jaraula said it was normal for practicing physicians to gain “experience” at government-run hospitals as a stepping stone for “promotion” or employment in municipal health care facilities.

Several of the doctors who spoke to Sun.Star on condition of anonymity said they left J.R. Borja General Hospital because of low pay, delayed salaries and poor working conditions. Some said the inadequate facilities at the hospital had impeded them from performing their jobs properly.

Cagayan de Oro second district Representative Rufus Rodriguez had called the resignations “principled.”

“The doctors were resigning not for greener pastures but as a protest, knowing that their services cannot be properly maximized because the hospital has no decent facility,” Rodriguez said.

“I believe our doctors had really wanted to serve the people; they were willing to render their services. I don’t believe it when they say that those who resigned are a bunch of selfish people who are demanding perks and such,” Rodriguez added. (Annabelle L. Ricalde)

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A city hospital for the poor? Duhh!
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Mayor Jaraula to set aside P5M for hospital’emergency’
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City hall’s lies
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Jaraula okeys JR Borja city hospital as NMMC operational annex
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