Province of Davao Oriental – More than a hundred patients in need of surgical intervention due to different illnesses underwent free surgery in a recent surgical mission held in Manay town.
The three-day outreach was jointly initiated by the provincial government together with the Davao Regional Hospital (DRH) Surgical Networking Team.
More than 40 volunteer specialist surgeons and medical staff donated their free services to the poor constituents of Manay town.
Led by Dr. Romulo Busuego, the team of doctors, nurses, and medical staff travelled to the province to give free consultation and performing surgery on the dozens of patients with hydrocele, hernia, myoma, goiter, cysts, and hemorrhoids, among others.
Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon thanked these volunteer doctors for extending their assistance to the poor constituents of Manay who have no access to much-needed surgical care and cannot afford the services of private hospitals.
“You have indeed touched the lives and gave hope to our poor constituents,” the governor told the doctors as well as the medical staff during the surgical mission launching ceremony.
Aside from the surgical assistance, the activity also became the venue for the turnover of over P900,000 worth of hospital equipment, courtesy of the Department of Health (DOH), intended for Manay’s three barangays namely, Cayawan, Holy Cross, and Old Macopa.
Busuego, a former Assistant Secretary of the DOH Mindanao Cluster and currently DRH’s Chief of Hospital, said the equipment assistance is part of the P16.4 million hospital equipment the department had funded for the typhoon Pablo rehabilitation efforts in Davao Oriental.
Among the equipment given are autoclave steam sterilizers, sets of surgical and medical tools and supplies, among others.
“This equipment is a welcome addition to all that we have there in the different barangays,” Malanyaon said as she thanked the DRH team for their benevolent acts.
Having seen the provincial government’s efforts in the upgrade of facilities of the different district hospitals around the province, DRH also committed to donate P500,000 intended for the upgrade of the Manay Provincial Hospital facility.
Malanyaon has initiated several milestones as far as health facility and infrastructures are concerned. She has simultaneously initiated facility upgrade, renovation, and construction in all provincial hospitals.
Among these milestones is the nearing completion of the Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center’s annex building which will house the semi-private and private rooms. In addition, a dialysis center and medical clinics for private medical practitioners are also set for ground breaking.
With the Blood Bank about to completed, patients, especially dengue patients, can now be treated here without referring them to Davao City.
“With all these in place, I am confident that I will be leaving a well-functional and operational hospital in Mati as well as in other towns,” the governor said. “We are able to do that because we get the support of the provincial government plus the support of DOH,” she added. PIO
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