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Outstanding Governorship Award 2013

HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATION

The provision of health services is foremost to the As for education initiatives, Gov. Sy-Alvarado is one of the
development program of Gov. Sy-Alvarado. As such priority first local chief executives who responded to the counter parting
was given on the improvement and modernization of the program of the Department of Education. He entered into a
hospitalsrun by the Provincial Government of Bulacan, through Memorandum of Agreement with Sec. Luistro for the construction
the establishment of a dialysis center, an oncology unit and the of 971 classrooms amounting to P898 million; the same number
conversion of the old pediatric ward to Emergency Room and the will be procured by Department of Education upon the availability
former medical ward to Out Patient Department (OPD) Complex of school building funds under the 2012 national budget. For the
of the Bulacan Medical Center. The District Hospitals went years 2010 to 2011, 335 classrooms were constructed / repaired
through infrastructure development as well. This was translated under the Special Education Fund (SEF).
to acquisition of additional beds and stretchers to address the The Provincial Government also spent P102.55 million
increasing bed capacity needs of the district hospitals and for the financial assistance of scholars under the “Tulong
upgrading of CT scan, X-ray machine, Ultrasound machine and Pang-Edukasyon, Gabay sa Bagong Henerasyon” scholarship
other equipment in the ICU. In terms of manpower complement, program covering the second semester of Ay 2010-2011 until
additional health personnel were also hired to aid more Bulakenyos Ay 2012-2013.
that included 102 doctors, 254 nurses, 15 medical technologists, In coordination with the Bulacan State University, 869
7 pharmacists and 34 nursing attendants. inmates were given the opportunity to acquire an education
In order to provide accessible health services to far through “Kalinga Tungo sa Bagong Anyo ng Buhay Program”
flung Bulakenyos, the putting up of new district hospitals was wherein 67 prisoners passed the National Acceleration and
conceptualized. Extensive feasibility studies were prepared based Equivalency Examination given by the Department of Education.
on market analysis and requirements provided by the Department
of Health. Currently, district hospitals in Obando, Angat and
Pandi are already being constructed and will be completed by
next year.
Moreover, persons with disabilities, solo parent, relocatees,
and senior citizens benefited under the “Kalingang Bulakenyo”
Program which was aimed to provide medical and assistive devices
to indigent Bulakenyos like wheelchair, wheel reclining, crutches,
stroller, cane, nebulizer, BP apparatus with stethoscope, Doppler
apparatus, digital thermometer, salter scale, and platform beam
balance among others.

Bulacan Governor, Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado
hands over a nebulizer to one of the Bulakenyo
recipients of assistive devices.
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