MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Dec 12 (PIA) -- More than 700 people in Binidayan town has benefited from the comprehensive and integrated medical mission conducted by the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) in Unayan District Hospital last December 7.
Services availed by the residents include minor surgery for cyst and other growth, circumcision, medical consultation, dental extraction and prophylaxis, vaccination for flu and rotavirus, cataract surgery and other eye disorders, as well as health education and family planning counselling.
The medical mission was undertaken in partnership with the District Hospitals in the province, 51st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, local government units and civil society with the support of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional government through the Department of Health (DOH)-ARMM.
This is just one of the many efforts of the new ARMM government to reach out to the underserved communities in terms of health, said IPHO Chief Alinader Minalang.
He said this intervention is also in line with the IPHO’s Reach Every Barangay (REB) strategy to improve health service delivery and ultimately the health status of its constituents, especially the poor.
Minalang meantime urged health partners to extend more support to sustain the said undertaking.
He hopes to bring the medical mission to several strategic areas to accelerate health improvement in the province.
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