CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Mayoralty aspirant Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab struck a chord among residents of Barangay San Agustin here with her avowed mission to level up the delivery of health services in the city, should she win in the elections in May next year.
No mere political stunt, Pineda-Cayabyab presented a tangible framework of her health agenda during a caucus in one of the city’s most vote-rich barangays.
The former Lubao town mayor and two-term provincial board member started off with the city’s annual budget of over P2-billion that can well accommodate improved health programs, “given thorough planning and proper implementation.”
She said the city’s rural health units (RHUs) need to be increased and appropriately stocked with medicines to provide 24/7 medical services to residents. This is to allow for quick medical responses especially in areas that are far from hospitals.
Essential maintenance medicine for hypertension, diabetes, and uncontrolled cholesterol and triglycerides levels should also be made available in the RHUs to arrest the increase of more serious illnesses like heart failures, kidney or liver diseases.
She noted how the provincial government continues to receive requests for assistance from thousands of patients with renal problems which are preventable with early management. “Among them are close to 400 individuals from San Fernando seeking assistance for their dialysis treatment.”
Pineda-Cayabyab said this number would have been arrested had early detection and management been employed through free regular laboratory tests and maintenance medicine.
“We will make this all available in the city. Starting with regular medical missions with free laboratory tests and available medicines, even just the generic yet efficacious varieties,” she vowed.
“The people of San Fernando need not go to the provincial government for assistance because the city can satisfy all their medical requirement if funds are used judiciously,” she added. Punto News Team/PR
