BoGH newly refurbished building inaugurated
BONTOC, Mt. Province – A spacious workplace will surely boost the satisfaction among patients and the performance of employees after the inauguration of the newly refurbished building of the Bontoc General Hospital (BoGH) on April 24.
The renovation of the building houses the emergency room, pharmacy and billing section was funded by the Department of Health (DOH) with an amount of P14.7M implemented by the Department of Works and Highways (DPWH).
Dr. Lakshmi Legaspi, DOH-CAR regional director remarked the completion of the emergency room is a joint undertaking between the DOH-CAR and the Provincial Government of Mountain Province.
“This signifies a strong manifestation of the desire of the Philippine Government and the Provincial Government of Mountain Province to provide quality health services to the communities, particularly in this part of the Cordillera,” Legaspi said.
The DOH said that this is in line with the program of the DOH under the leadership of Sec. Francisco Duque in F1+ strategic framework that aims to make health systems be more responsive to the health needs of the Filipinos especially the poor.
“Part of strengthening of service delivery network is the upgrading of the health facilities, provision of equipment, deployment of human resources for health and delivering health services to identified population group who have difficulty in accessing health services,” Legaspi added.
Legaspi further stated BoGH as a level 1 hospital is expected to deliver appropriate type of services, such as curative, rehabilitative including diagnostic services and urged hospital officials and personnel to provide services sensitive to gender, culture and the disadvantaged, especially the poor, marginalized and the vulnerable groups.
BoGH chief of hospital Dr. Tannao Kanongkong revealed DOH-CAR will hand
over a P2.2M worth of medical assistance, medical equipment worth P7.4M and additional eight dialysis machines.
With the turnover of the newly renovated emergency room to the BoGH, Kanongkong said DOH will implement another 5.6M peso amount for the extension of the emergency room this year.
Governor Bonifacio Lacwasan, Jr., thanked the DOH-CAR for funding the renovation of the building and the DPWH Mountain Province Office for administering and supervising the project.
“The immediate environment in a workplace has effect on the performance of employees. The more spacious the workplace is, the more efficient the employees will be in discharging their responsibilities,” Lacwasan said.
The governor also assured with the recommendation of the hospital officials, the provincial government will allot an amount for its security and maintenance. Erwin Batnag/Provincial Information Office