CABARROGUIS, Quirino (PIA) - - Nagtipunan Mayor Noel T. Lim has announced that the Department of Health (DOH) has approved the municipal government’s request for the construction of Super Rural Health Unit (Super RHU) in the municipality.

Guesting at the Tipon-Tipan sa PIA, Lim said the Super RHU will be constructed adjacent to the old Municipal RHU located at Barangay Ponggo and some new medical equipment will be purchased for the said health care facility.

Lim said he preferred a dialysis machine and other diagnostic machines so that the Nagtipuneros will no longer need to go out for their healthcare and dialysis needs.

Meanwhile, DOH Quirino Provincial Director Jean Solomon said that another Super RHU will also be constructed in Aglipay.

“Under the DOH-Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP), the two Super RHUs will be given P15 million to P20 million for the building and equipment,” Dr. Solomon said.

The hiring of additional manpower such as doctors and specialists according to Dr. Solomon will be the counterpart of the LGUs.

“This should be included in the LGUs’ three-year development plan or annual plan. For LGUs that do not have sufficient funds to hire, there will be additional specialist but they should meet the ideal one doctor per 20,000 population,” Dr. Solomon said.

It can be recalled that the provincial government along with the six municipalities signed the province’s inter-LGU Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for Universal Health Care (UHC) integration aimed at ensuring and strengthening the collaborative linkages between the province and its component local government units for the improvement and sustainability of an efficient and effective health care delivery system. (JKC/TCB/PIA Quirino)