Sison Receives Medical Equipment from Provincial Government of Pangasinan

Mayor Mina Joy Pangasinan receives deed of donation from Gov. Espino

Sison is one of the towns selected to receive medical and surgical equipment that were distributed by the Governor on September 19 in front of the Capitol. The turn-over ceremony, attended by municipal mayors, members of the provincial board, department heads of the provincial government, and DAP (Development Academy of the Philippines) officials, was held in conjunction with the signing of the agreement with the DAP to implement the development of a quality management system for the hospitals and public health services in Pangasinan.

DAP President, Mr. Antonio D. Kalaw Jr and Gov. Amado Espino sign MOA for “Development of a quality management system (QMS) certifiable to international standard organization (ISO) 9001:2008 for the hospital and public health services of the provincial government of Pangasinan”

Pangasinan Governor Amado Totaan Espino Jr. says that “this is a timely act because we are at the stage now that we should be modernized in managing our records, transparency, accountability and the proper management of two things especially of our two resources, money and personnel.”

A promising statement for the health system of Pangsinan indeed!

Surgical equipment

Medical equipment

In addition to the six units of ambulance, the governor distributed 130 sets of medical and surgical equipment to various health facilities in the province.

The ambulances were donated by the European Commission and the medical and surgical equipment were from the Department of Health. The six units of ambulance were allotted to the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH), Urdaneta District Hospital, Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital, Western Pangasinan District Hospital, Bayambang District Hospital and Mangatarem District Hospital.

Fleet of ambulance for distribution.

Sison was chosen to receive a set of medical and surgical equipment along with the towns of Bugallon, Aguilar, Infanta, Mabini, Sual, Labrador and San Nicholas.

The governor is optimistic that this is a step towards improving the health services for its citizens in remote areas of the province. He also stated that Pangasinan is now at 90% compliance with the standards set by the Department of Health.

SOURCES:
Photos: Vice-Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim’s facebook page
Article: Gov. Espino Inks MOA with DAP for Quality Management System
Special thanks to Abraham O. Marqueses

This post was updated September 20, 2011 at 11:42 pm – We first assumed that Sison is also a recipient of the ambulance. It has since been confirmed that Sison was awarded the medical and surgical equipment but not the ambulance at this time.
 

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