DAVAO CITY—Four remote barangays in Maguindanao del Sur have their new barangay health stations (BHS), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
This would now provide easier and proximate access to health services in Maguindanao del Sur, a new province carved out from the lone Maguindanao province, where before residents have to travel to the town centers to seek medical care in hospitals.
MOH Minister Rizaldy Piang inaugurated on January 11 the health stations in Barangay Manindolo in Datu Paglas town, Barangay Muti in Guindulungan town and Barangay Kakal and Kapinpilan in Ampatuan town.
Each barangay health station was constructed with a budget of P2.5 million and installed with equipment worth P500,000. Two of the stations were funded under the Tiyakap Bangsamoro Kalusugan Program (TBKP), while the other two were under the Special Development Fund (SDF).
Piang said the inauguration of the new health stations “is a milestone in the goal to provide optimum health and wellness services for the Bangsamoro people”.
“Our constituents here in Ampatuan will no longer find it difficult to go to distant RHUs [regional health units] or hospitals as they already have BHS available here to cater to their health care needs. There is someone here who will look after them,” Piang, a physician, said.
MOH Director for Operations Tato Usman said the health stations have the equipment and there were personnel hired to manage and provide health services to residents.