Concluding a series of activities in Bataan, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go visited the town of Mariveles and personally spearheaded a relief operation for more than a hundred disadvantaged residents on Thursday, 2 February, as part of his efforts to help provide Filipinos a more comfortable life.
Go and his team mounted the relief operation at Barangay Alas-asin covered court where they gave away relief items, such as grocery packs, vitamins, masks, meals, and shirts to a total of 307 individuals.
Additionally, the senator gave away cellular phones, bicycles, shoes, watches and balls for volleyball and basketball to select individuals.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development also extended financial support through its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation program.
Still in line with his advocacy to bring medical services closer to the Filipinos, the senator also joined the ribbon-cutting of the Super Health Center of the town, led by the Department of Health and the local government of Mariveles.
Services offered in Super Health Centers will include database management, out-patient, birthing, isolation, diagnostic (laboratory: x-ray and ultrasound), pharmacy and ambulatory surgical unit. Other available services are eye, ear, nose and throat service, oncology centers, physical therapy and rehabilitation center and telemedicine, where remote diagnosis and treatment of patients will be done.
Go likewise lauded the municipal government of Sarangani, Davao Occidental and the Department of Health for successfully holding the groundbreaking of the town’s Super Health Center also on Thursday,
2 February.
In his video message, Go said that having Super Health Centers nationwide, especially in rural areas, can significantly improve the delivery of public health services in the grassroots, citing that these centers are aimed to bring the government closer to Filipinos.
The senator then acknowledged how challenging it is to get basic health services in Sarangani, considering that it is a remote island largely accessible only by boat hours away from the mainland of Davao Occidental. General Santos City, the main gateway to the island, is seven hours or so away by boat.
Some 307 SHCs were funded in 2022 through Go’s initiative. He has likewise successfully pushed for adequate funds for more SHCs in the 2023 health budget with the help of DoH and fellow lawmakers.