22 Talisay barangays to get P200T in medical equipment

The Talisay City council has appropriated P200, 000 for the procurement of medical equipment for 22 barangays.

Committee on health and sanitation councilor Serrie Restauro has found out that the medical equipment presently available in the rural health unit are insufficient to meet the needs of residents.

The city wants to purchase an apparatus for measuring blood pressure, stethoscopes, and weighing scales.

Since the local government code devolved public health centers and other health programs and facilities from the Department of Health to local government units in 1993, local officials have had more discretion on how health budgets should be spent.

"The rural health unit in every corresponding barangays, always play a very important role in the dissemination and implementation of all public health care policies created by the government," Restauro said.

Restauro said that one requirement of a rural health unit in order to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities is to obtain enough medical supplies. - Garry B. Lao