Pagadian City inaugurates P13.3-M health office building

By Gideon C. Corgue

Wednesday 15th of August 2012

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug 15 (PIA) -- The local government of Pagadian City, in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), inaugurated the two-story City Health Office (CHO) building worth P13.3 million at the city government complex on Wednesday.

City Health Officer Dr. Noel Ceniza said the construction of the new CHO building was made possible through collaborative efforts of the local government unit (LGU), DOH and DPWH.

Ceniza said the LGU through Mayor Samuel S. Co contributed P6,250,000; Secretary Enrique T. Ona through DOH, P4,245,680.39 and Senator TJ Guingona through DPWH P2,816,764.83.

The building has a total cost of P13,312,245.22.

“The building is equipped with comfortable consultation, delivery, laboratory and labor rooms,” Ceniza said.

Ceniza, who is also chairman of the pre-marriage counseling core group, said he proposed to the chief executive that the city population office (CPO) be accommodated in a spacious room at the second floor for the CPO to have a permanent venue of the pre-marriage counseling seminar.

City Population Officer Rodita Caseñas said the plan of transfer to the new CHO building to her is a welcome development.

“I am happy that the CHO has shown concern in our office. With this development, we will no longer have a problem in accommodating the pre-marriage counseling participants,” Caseñas said saying that it has been a long time problem of their office of finding a permanent venue for the seminar.

“We can now deliver our services to the clients comfortably,” Caseñas said. (JPA/GCC-PIA9 Zambosur)