DUMAGUETE CITY -- The provincial hospital, including the Central Block building, would have more hospital beds, Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo announced.
Degamo said Wednesday he would ask the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to appropriate PHP100 million as initial amount for the construction of an additional 1,000-bed capacity building so all the patients can be accommodated.
The statement comes following the provincial government’s receipt of an eye center worth PHP16 million donated early this week by the Fred Hallows Foundation of Australia.
The amount for the proposed additional beds can be taken from the 20 percent economic development fund, the governor said.
He is hopeful that the Department of Health (DOH) will have a counterpart of another PHP100 million or a total of PHP200 million for the initial phase.
The governor said the Central Block building of the NOPH is no longer enough as he noted the overflowing of patients every day, especially with the implementation of the zero balance payment, and with his desire to improve the services by acquiring sophisticated equipment such as the MRI and the CT scan to be placed in one building.
Degamo is optimistic that in the upcoming Executive and Legislative Agenda (ELA) meeting of the provincial government, the participants will focus and align themselves with the vision of his administration to uplift the quality of life of every Negrense, “by making strategies and interventions with approval of the new provincial board”.
The ELA is expected in July after the assumption of newly-elected and reelected provincial officials. (PNA)
