Mayor Cristina Romualdez lauded the Rotarians who made possible the construction of the P15-million Abucay Health Center at the back of Tacloban City’s New Bus Terminal during the recent induction of RC Makati South Officers at the Dusit Hotel.
Mayor Cristina thanked the Rotary Club of Makati South; its counterpart the Rotary International District 2750; RC Tokyo Shirogane; RC Tokyo Jonan, Japan; RC Tanglin, Singapore; and their foreign and international sister clubs and other local and foreign benefactors for helping Tacloban build the health center during the term of former mayor Alfred Romualdez.
The incumbent mayor said the center will serve hundreds of marginalized Taclobanons and those living near the Abucay area, Nula-Tula, Anibong and patients from other parts of Eastern Visayas. Survivors of the strongest Typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) in 2013 which devastated Tacloban can avail of medical and dental services at the center that is also a lying-in clinic for pregnant mothers.
The Abucay Health center is a complete infirmary mini hospital with birthing facilities and has an emergency room, a delivery room, a labor room, a recovery room, a doctor’s room and a dental room with a portable X-ray machine and ultrasound. It is open to the public 24 hours everyday.
The Rotarians also facilitated the donation of some 200 Canadian-donated hospital beds. Rotary Club District 3860 pastgovernor Salvador Estudillo said the beds were distributed to the Tacloban City Hospital and various health centers and lying-in clinics in the city.