DAVAO CITY—Davao City plans to build a new drug treatment and rehabilitation center after the city’s existing facility could no longer accommodate the hundreds of suspected pushers and users who surrendered to the authorities.
City Social Service and Development Office (CSSDO) social welfare assistant Minda Silvana said the Davao City Treatment and Rehabilitation Center has registered more than a hundred drug personalities seeking treatment but the center has a capacity of only 80 persons.
She added that the center’s head physician, Dr. Jean Gullanes, is the only accredited doctor in Mindanao trained by the Department of Health to handle rehabilitation centers.
She said that this was why families of the drug dependents from other localities seek her help.
“We can provide between P1,500 to P3,000 livelihood assistance to the drug surrenderees,” Silvana said.