Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, together with Senator Christopher “Bong” Go and Carcar City Mayor Patricio Barcenas, led the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Super Health Center on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (GPL)
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, together with Senator Christopher “Bong” Go and Carcar City Mayor Patricio Barcenas, led the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Super Health Center on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
The Super Health Center will have laboratory services, a pharmacy, birthing facilities, an outpatient center, dental service, a comprehensive PhilHealth outpatient department and other minor services.
“Senator Bong Go, ang imong mga proyekto kay mapahimuslan gyud sa atung mga ubos ug kabus nga mga ka-igsoonan, salamat kaayo,” Barcenas said in his speech live streamed through Sugbo News, the Capitol’s social media arm, on July 12.
(Senator Bong Go, your projects will surely benefit our underprivileged brethren, thank you very much)
“Gikan sa Malasakit (Center) karon naa nasad ta (Super) Health Center kay makatabang kini sa atung mga pobre nga molupyo sa atung syudad,” Barcenas added.
(From Malasakit, we now have Health Center that can help our poor constituents).
In his speech, Go said that the Super Health Center is a medium-type of Polyclinic, a facility that provides general and specialized treatment similar to a hospital.
“Mas gamay sa (Smaller than) ospital, mas daku sa (but bigger than a) rural health unit,” Go said, adding that this will help decongest the hospitals.
The project was first conceptualized in 2021 when Go observed that there was a need to improve the rural health units in fourth, fifth and sixth class municipalities while he was touring around the country.
“Ang mga buntis kay manganak nalang sa tricycle tungod sa kalayo sa ilahang mga ospital (Pregnant women deliver in tricycle due to the distance from the hospital). Kar
