Maria town in Siquijor endorses bet for Dangal ng Bayan Award

By Rizalie A. Calibo

Thursday 7th of June 2012

SIQUIJOR, June 7 (PIA) -- The town of Maria in Siquijor has nominated a clerk-cum-medical technologist to the Dangal ng Bayan Award.

The nominee is Nanette Lingo-lingo-Gumahad, 38 years old.

In a press release from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) here, Gumahad voluntarily worked as the town’s Medical Technologist for about nine years without extra remuneration and despite the inherent hazards of the job.

Sometime in 2006, the report said, Gumahad was instrumental in arresting the dengue outbreak in the town of Maria by working overtime in order to finish the voluminous laboratory examinations.

Maria town Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) designate Bienvenida Daug said the rural health unit in Maria was able to quickly treat infectious diseases because of the prompt laboratory confirmation of Gumahad.

With her services, blood typing in the town’s 22 barangays was completely conducted, she said.

Gumahad has also set up the work processes and systems in the laboratory and designed forms and data retrieval systems. Despite her opportunities to find a better-paying employment abroad, she chose to serve Siquijodnons despite her modest pay, great responsibilities and serious hazards that entail a lot of sacrifice, the report said.

Per records, Maria’s tuberculosis cure rate also improved by 63 percent and detection rate to confirm diagnosis rose to 81 percent, the CSC release said.

The rural health unit (RHU) of Maria is accredited as Sentrong Sigla, which means that the RHU has attained a higher level of quality service. The center is also accredited by the Philhealth where clients can avail of Philhealth service while availing RHU services.

Nanette is quiet but brilliant, as she bested other medical technologists in Region 7 by perfecting the examination at the DOH Reference Laboratory, CSC report also said.

The Dangal ng Bayan is the CSC’s annual search for hero-public servants throughout the country who have consistently lived out the eight norms of conduct: Commitment to Public Interest, Professionalism, Justness and Sincerity, Political; Neutrality, Responsiveness to the Public, Nationalism and Patriotism, Commitment to Democracy, and Simple living. (RMN/RAC-PIA Siquijor with CSC reports)