(Mayor Carmelo ‘Pogi’ Lazatin Jr. visits Eladio Mallari, a senior citizen in Barangay Salapungan, Sunday, October 20, 2019. Mallari was also celebrating his 74th birthday and gets his birthday cake from the local chief executive. Photo courtesy of Marlon Zarate)
ANGELES CITY – Mayor Carmelo ‘Pogi’ Lazatin Jr. gave medicines and financial assistance to 46 sickly and bedridden senior citizens from 11 barangays in the city.
Mayor Lazatin distributed P2,000 monetary gifts to the beneficiaries. He then reminded the families to allot the money for the basic necessities of the elderly such as for medicines and groceries.
He was also accompanied by two doctors to check the condition of the qualified recipients and delivered free medicines.
Eleven senior citizens were from Barangay Ninoy Aquino; 8 from Barangay Margot; 7 from Barangay Salapungan; 4 from Barangay Balibago; 3 each from Barangays Cutcut, Pampang, Sto. Cristo, and Cuayan; 2 from Barangay Sapangbato; and 1 each from Barangays Anunas and Amsic.
The Angeles City Government had also delivered medicines to senior citizens via door-to-door as Mayor Lazatin vowed to bring health services at their doorsteps. Some 7,811 senior citizens have also availed of the recent Anti-Flu Vaccination conducted by the Office of Senior Citizen Affairs (OSCA), City Health Office (CHO), Barangay Affairs, Gender and Development Office, Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) and the Philippine College of Geriatric Medicine.
