■ MCWD TARGETS TO SERVE 300 PEOPLE DURING MEDICAL OUTREACH THIS FRIDAY

The half-day outreach program will benefit seven barangays in Lapu-Lapu City and the nearby Cordova town Talks on proper hand washing and the importance of regular desludging of septic tanks will also be held by water district

The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), in partnership with various government and private agencies, will hold a medical outreach program in seven barangays in Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town this Friday, from 8 a.m. until noon. It’s part of the information and education campaign of MCWD on sanitation and hygiene in relation to the water district’s operation of a septage treatment plant in San Miguel, Cordova.

To promote sanitation and hygiene, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), in partnership with various government and private agencies, will hold a medical outreach program this Friday, June 16.

The activity, which will start at 8 a.m. until noon, is part of the information and education campaign of MCWD on sanitation and hygiene in relation to the water district’s operation of a septage treatment plant (STP) in San Miguel, Cordova.

It is expected to serve seven barangays in Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town.

Rebecca Husayan,who heads the operation of MCWD’s STP, said that at least 300 participants from Barangays Babag 1 and 2, Canjulao and Calawisan in LapuLapu and Barangays Pilipog, San Miguel and Ibabao in Cordova.

MCWD’s partners are the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) Cebu, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Department of Health (DOH) and the Mother of Perpetual Help Parish in Babag, Lapu- Lapu, where the outreach program will be held.

PAMET will give free laboratory services like cholesterol test, complete blood count (CBC), urinalysis and blood typing, while the AFP and DOH will give free dental services.

MCWD will hold talks on proper handwashing and the importance of regular desludging of septic tanks.

Husayan hopes that this will just be a start of a series of medical outreach activities of the water district.