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

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)