The Department of Health Bicol Center for Health Development (DOH Bicol CHD) is continuing and strengthening its efforts towards the post-typhoon Kristine situation.
DOH Bicol CHD Regional Director Dr. Rodolfo Antonio M. Albornoz assured the public of the Departmentโs continuing service, up to the far-flung areas in the region.
โRest assured that the DOH in partnership with other agencies is continuously reaching out to communities, especially in hard-to-reach areas so they may be provided with the necessary health service,โ RD Albornoz said.
As of October 30, 2024, the DOH Bicol CHD has reported a total of 47 damaged health facilities (2 DOH hospitals, 6 Rural Health Units, 3 Private Hospitals, and 36 Barangay Health Stations). Thus, the DOH has augmented Health Care Workers (HCWs) from the different DOH Hospitals across the country to strengthen the Bicol workforce in hospitals and Rural Health Units.
A total of P3,727,651 worth of logistics assistance was given to affected communities through the Local Government Units. This includes various drugs and medicines, collapsible water container, jerry cans, hygiene kits, aquatabs, disaster relief tent, face mask, body bags, doxycycline, generator set, water test kits, tetanus toxoid, and cadaver bags.
The DOH Bicol CHD has already provided doxycycline for post-exposure treatment of Leptospirosis. In addition, 10,137 individuals were provided with Psychological Mental Health interventions in the form of consolation, material support, emotional ventilation, and information and referral.
Alongside this, the DOH Bicol CHD is continuously deploying its emergency response teams composed of the medical team, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) team, nutrition team, and MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychological Support) team to evacuation sites in the Province of Camarines Sur.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ.
(Source: DOH Bicol CHD Press Release)