Mayor Uy creates Ad Hoc committee for the creation of the Calbayog City Hospital

Mayor Reynaldo Uy on Friday signed Executive Order No. 1. That EO ordered the creation of an Ad Hoc Committee tasked for the creation of the Calbayog City Hospital.

The EO cited proper health service delivery as one of the primary objectives of the LGU; and that it is the human right of every Filipino to have access to proper health care. It also cited that the only government-owned hospital in Calbayog has become ineffective and failed miserably and the private hospitals currently serving Calbayog charge exorbitant fees; and that the City Government believes that proper medical and hospital care be given especially to less –fortunate Calbayogon.

The Ad Hoc Committee shall be tasked to search for a lot area where the City Government could construct a hospital; and appropriate funds needed for the construction.

The same committee shall search for a doctor/ surgeon to head the hospital and take charge of the staffing pattern.

The composition of the Ad Hoc committee is as follows:

Chairperson: Dr. Sylvia De Guzman (OIC- City Health Officer)

Vice Chair : Ms. Geronides Mancol (City Budget Officer)

Members :

• Chair of the SP Committee on Health
• Chair of the SP Committee on Appropriations
• Engr. Gil Lentejas (CPDO)
• Mr. Joselito Montealto (City Assessor)
• Atty. Oscar Hugo (City Engineer)
• Engr. Arnol Trani (Chief of Staff, Congressional Office)
• Mr. Emerlito Montealto (City Administrator)
• Mr. Federico Resente, Jr. (City Treasurer)

As of this writing, the committee is considering a 7-hectare lot in sitio Talahib in Barnagay Trinidad, Calbayog City as the future home of the (initially) 25-bed city hospital.