ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) -- Only a few minutes after its blessing on Dec. 19, a Patient Transport Vehicle (PTV) of Dao town was immediately activated to ferry a dialysis patient to a hospital in Roxas City.

The ambulance unit, which was classified as a PTV, was assigned to the Dao Emergency Response Unit (DERU) under the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.

of the vehicle.  He said the LGU will allocate a yearly budget  for its repair and maintenance. The ambulance is now assigned to the Rural Health Unit of Dumarao.

In 2022, the PCSO distributed nine PTVs to the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital in Roxas City, Tapaz District Hospital in Tapaz town, Bailan District Hospital in Pontevedra town, and Mambusao District Hospital in Mambusao town as well as Roxas City and the municipalities of Pontevedra, Panitan, President Roxas and Sigma in Capiz based on PCSO records.

Robles also led the distribution of a total of P1.259 million for all the local government units (LGUs) in Capiz during the agency's distribution of lotto share for the local government units in Western Visayas at the Provincial Capitol in Roxas City in September last year.

The amount was part of the P8.8-million lotto share for at least 55 LGUs in Western Visayas.

It is the 5 percent charity fund generated from the lotto sales in LGU's respective areas from January to June 2023. (AGP/AAL/PIA Capiz/Cover photo from Hacuela, Atty, Matt FB Page)