FREE EYE SCREENING. The Department of Health gives free eye screening services to indigents, especially those with diabetes in Luna town, La Union province on Feb. 16-17, 2023. The health department targets to conduct more free eye screening services in the other parts of the region, particularly in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas.(Photo courtesy of DOH-CHD-1) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -The Department of Health (DOH) in Ilocos Region (Region 1) is offering free retinopathy screening to the residents in the region in partnership with the Ophthalmology Department of Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC). In a statement issued on Monday, DOH-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-1 Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco called on all diabetic patients in the region to avail of the free mobile eye screening. "We will be visiting more communities this year and seeking outpatients, especially those living in GIDAs (geographically isolated and disadvantaged area
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Health (DOH) has launched a dance contest open to all high school and college students in the province of La Union as part of its cardiovacsular health and wellness campaign. "The campaign will be piloted in the province of La Union, to promote fitness and healthy diet including literature on the importance of physical activity in preventing heart disease," said DOH Ilocos region director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Wednesday. The participants should be a group of seven to 15 members, either male or female or both. The duration of the dance must be from five to seven minutes and the dance composition must emphasize the theme of the event. Vulgarity, obscenity and explicit movements are not allowed. Props and other materials needed for visuals can be used and dance music must not contain inappropriate or offensive content. The registration for the dance contest started on Feb. 14. Interested parties may register online throug
READY TO SERVE. The seven graduates of the Doctors to the Barrios Program of the Department of Health (DOH) pose with DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco (middle) in this undated photo. The graduates will be deployed in the provinces of La Union, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. (Photo courtesy of DOH Ilocos Region) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Health (DOH) has deployed seven doctors who graduated from the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Program to several provinces of the Ilocos Region to give health care services to depressed, marginalized and underserved communities. "These medical doctors will be responsible for implementing the national and local health programs. They will conduct regular medical consultations and referral of critical cases to appropriate health facilities," said DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Tuesday. Three of the seven DTTBs were deployed in Ilocos Norte province, two in Ilocos Sur, and two in La
HEALTHCARE BOOST. Rev. Father Engelbert Elarmo blesses five units of fully-equipped ambulances in Laoag City on Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023). These are meant for the Gov. Roque B. Ablan Sr. Memorial Hospital as well as the district hospitals in the towns of Bangui, Vintar, Sarrat and Piddig -all in the first district of Ilocos Norte province. (Photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner is now available at the provincial government-run Gov. Roque B. Ablan Sr. Memorial Hospital (GRBASMH) in this city, in a bid to expand and upgrade the healthcare services of the province of Ilocos Norte. Funded by the Department of Health for PHP48.5 million, the MRI is meant to provide diagnostic procedures to stroke victims among others. In his short speech during the inauguration at the provincial hospital on Wednesday, Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc said it is the first time that the provincial hospital is getting this kind of medical equipment. In addition, five
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union The Department of Health-Ilocos on Tuesday (Jan. 3) reported that a total of 60 fireworks-related injuries were recorded from Dec. 1, 2022 to Jan. 1, 2023.
DOH noted that the figure was 81.82% higher than the number of cases during the same period last year with 33 r