IN LINE with Mayor Carmelo "Pogi" Lazatin Jr.'s agenda of better access to public health, Angeles City is offering readily free medicines to Angeleños.
According to Lazatin, the City Government regularly distributes supplies to the six rural health units (RHUs) and the City Hall's Dispensary Unit.
The mayor also prompted the doctors of the city to stay in their respective assigned centers during their designated duty hours.
"We are monitoring our RHUs to ensure there will be no complaints that there are no medical staff in our centers. Kapag po trabaho, trabaho. Ibalik po natin ang magandang serbisyo sa tao, dahil po ang ating sweldo ay nanggagaling sa gobyerno. Ayoko pong makarinig na may mga kababayan akong nagkakasakit dahil walang doctor sa center na malapit sa kanila," he said.
(We are monitoring our RHUs to ensure there will be no complaints that there are no medical staff in our centers. Work is work. Let us give good service to people, because our salaries came from the government. I don't want to hear complaints of our sick fellowmen just because there are no available doctor in the center near them.)
According to Mayor Lazatin, for those who want to visit the city's Puso Center, doctors are on duty every 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, for check-ups and other health services such as dental, animal bite treatment, and minor surgery. When in need of medicines prescribed by doctors, medicines are free and always available at the city hall's Dispensary Unit, he said.
Apart from this, the City Government also delivers door-to-door medical assistance.
Lazatin was offering medicines to his constituents since he was still a councilor.
"This is our effort to strengthen our city's health programs. Better access to public health service is a must. Kapag walang may sakit, lahat ay may kakayahan para maging produktibo. Produktibo para sa mas progresibong pamayanan," he said.
