DONATION DRIVE. Bataan's provincial government launched on Thursday (Dec. 23, 2021) a donation drive for the victims of Typhoon Odette. Cash donations can be sent to the provincial government through the Land Bank of the Philippines, GCash, or PayMaya accounts while those in kind can be brought to The Bunker, the seat of the provincial government, in Balanga City.(Infographic by the provincial government of Bataan) BALANGA CITY, Bataan - The provincial government here Thursday launched a donation drive for the victims of Typhoon Odette while the Catholic Diocese of Balanga pledged to share with them its church collections for December 25 and 26. "Nananawagan tayo sa lahat nang nagnanais na magpaabot ng tulong sa ating mga kababayang sinalanta ng bagyong Odette (We are calling on all those who want to extend help to our countrymen hit by Typhoon Odette)," Governor Albert Garcia said in a social media post. Garcia said cash donations could be sent to the provincial governme
MEDICAL FACILITY. The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Negros Occidental is one of three Capitol-owned and operated hospitals accommodating patients from the capital city of Bacolod. From January to September, some 1,153 Bacolod residents have been admitted, including the 839 admitted at the TLJPH based in Silay City. (PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - Some 1,093 residents of this capital city of Negros Occidental, with various medical cases, have been admitted to three provincial government-run hospitals from January to September this year. The latest data released on Monday showed that most of the patients, or a total of 839, have been confined at Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City. These included those admitted with obstetrics cases at 314; newborns with different medical cases - 239; medicine - 102; pediatrics - 85; surgery - 78; and obstetrics-gynecology - 21. In a statement, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Dia