MABALACAT CITY BIRTHING STATION. Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo and Vice Mayor Gerald Aquino led the reopening of the newly-renovated Mabalacat City Birthing station in Madapdap Resettlement Center on March 31, 2022. Also witnessing the ceremony are Councilors Doc Cocoy Tiglao, Jun Castro, Board Member Cherry Manalo, Information Officer Jay Pelayo IV, together with all the rural health physicians of the city government. (Mabalacat CIO)
MABALACAT CITY – The city government here led by Mayor Crisostomo Garbo and Vice Mayor Gerald Aquino inaugurated the new and improved Mabalacat City Birthing Station (MCBS) on March 31, 2022.
The facility located in Madapdap Resettlement Center has been offering free maternal and natal services to ensure the safety of Mabalaqueño mothers and infants during delivery and childbirth.
In his speech, Mayor Cris Garbo said that the reopening of the birthing facility after months of renovation is part of his agenda in providing excellent health care and social services anchored in one of the pillars of his “Bayung Mabalacat” vision.
Furthermore, the city mayor added that free birthing services are a part and parcel of his whole health and service program, which he intends to further improve if given a fresh mandate as local chief executive of the city.
“Batid po ng inyong lokal na pamahalaan ang inyong mga kagyat na pangangailangan kaya naman inilapit natin ang lahat ng mga serbisyong medikal at pangkalusugan sa bawat sulok ng ating siyudad gaya ng mga rural health units at itong ating birthing station,” said Mayor Garbo.
“Ako ay nagpapasalamat kay Vice Mayor Gerald Aquino at sa mga kasama natin sa city council na sumuporta na maipasa ang pondo para sa pagpapasaayos ng ating birthing station,” the city mayor said.
“Susunod naman natin gawin ang Wellness Center,” he later added.
According to Dr. Rosemarie Manalo-Liong, head of Mabalacat City Birthing Station, the reopening of the natal facility highlights the city’s celebration of Buntis Day, which aims to raise awareness of pregnancy-related issues and to instill the importance of pre-natal services among pregnant women to prevent maternal mortality.
The event, which was attended by incumbent city councilors Doc Cocoy Tiglao, Jun Castro, and Board Member Cherry Manalo together with OIC of Birthing Station Dr. Rosemarie Manalo-Liong, CHO Head Dr. Claire Aquino, City Information Officer Jay Pelayo IV and rural health physicians, also marked the culmination of the 2022 National Women’s Month in Mabalacat City.
