In 2010, Paulba Lying-in became a Basic Emergency Maternal Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEMONC) facility. It now offers a variety of health services including prenatal consultation, childbirth delivery, immunization of infants, immediate newborn care, postpartum consultation, and reproductive health services. The facility is open 24/7 according to Oli Almazar who has been in the service for nine years as a nurse.
The facility has four doctors who specializes in Family Medicine, General Practice, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics/Gynecology. The doctors make rounds in the barangays on a shifting schedule to provide health services to the children, pregnant women, and senior citizen, according to Mayor Patricia Gonzalez-Alsua. Dr. Ana Cajanding also added that there are four nurses, seven midwives, and four medical personnel from Nurse Deployment Project (NDP) and Rural Health Midwives Placement Program (RHMPP) in Paulba Lying-in.
Since November 22, 2010, the services and supplies at Paulba Lying-in are being offered for free. Almazar also said that Paulba Lying-in accommodates even transients. The facility had a total of 898 childbirth deliveries.
Paulba Lying-in began as a project of former Mayor Francisco V. Gonzalez Jr. in 1994. Twenty years of service and the facility continues to offer health services to the upland barangays. The facility will also undergo renovations for better health services and accommodation of patients.
Paulba Lying-in is also strategic to the location of the City Hall Annex as it is located three meters away. Paulba Lying-in is under the City Health Office of Ligao City with Dr. Wynns Samar as the head of the facility.
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| Photo source: Ligao City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) |
Source:
Dr. Ana Cajanding
Oli Almazar, Nurse 2
Ligao City Health Office
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