ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Aug 16 (PIA) – Patients and staff of Basilan General Hospital received food assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday.

Atty Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan, Officer-in-Charge of DSWD Region IX, spearheaded the distribution of food assistance to patients and staff of Basilan General Hospital during the inauguration of its new building and lunching of Malasakit Center.

Some 48 patients and 320 employees with salary grade 12 and below including those who are Job Orders received P3,000 each through the DSWD Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) Program.

DSWD Under Secretary Aimee Neri also attended the pay-out. In her short message to the beneficiaries she stressed that DSWD has always a room to bring government resources to the people and having the Malasakit Center here in Basilan through the initiative of Senator Bong Go is one way to provide health care services to the people in the province. (RVC/NDR/PIA-Basilan)