Ambulance eyed in all Benguet towns

LA TRINIDAD- All thirteen towns of Benguet are being equipped with an ambulance each to cater to health care needs of stakeholders.

Kevin See, chief of staff of the Office of Benguet caretaker Eric Go Yap on Friday said the solon is looking into providing all the 13 towns as well as district hospitals in the province with ambulances.

On Friday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office ( PCSO) turned over two patient transport vehicles to the local government units of Bakun and Kapangan, two of the northern towns in Benguet.

The PCSO also provided P200,000 worth of medicine to the towns of Buguias, Tublay and La Trinidad.

Marie Louise Serojales, PCSO consultant for charity and representative of General Manager Royina Garma said both transport vehicles worth P3.2 million which was approved by the board.

Serojales stated the Benguet municipalities were identified by Yap as the towns who needed the vehicles the most.

She added Benguet Province is also one of target areas in 2021 to be given vehicles aside from other provinces in the country, citing the two vehicles donated to Benguet towns is the 254th and 255th units given by PCSO and added 40 units will be set to be released in Manila.

She said the ambulance will be used to transport patients equipped with a stretcher, blood pressure apparatus and oxygen tank.

Kapangan Mayor Manny Fermin and Bakun Mayor Bill Raymundo thanked both offices for their aid to their respective towns.

The mayors added there is a need for more ambulance units as existing vehicles have been used for the past six to 15 years.

Fermin added the donated vehicles will also help transport Covid-19 patients, patients undergoing chemotherapy, dialysis, among others.