CAMP PERALTA, Jamindan, Capiz – The Manila–based Army General Hospital (AGH) in partnership with the 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division’s Camp Peralta Station Hospital (CPHS) extends help to Iloilo City’s dengue patients following DOH’s declaration of national dengue epidemic.
Philippine Army’s 301infantry Brigade, 61st Infantry Battalion, and 6th Regional Community Defense Group (6RCDG) participated and donated a total of 30 bags of blood in a bloodletting activity spearheaded by the Iloilo City government in partnership with Philippine Red Cross and Western Visayas Medical Center held at Plaza Libertad, Iloilo City today, August 14, 2019. This activity aims to ensure adequate supply of blood available for dengue patients and those in need.
A total of seven (7) Army medical personnel were deployed to Iloilo City Hydration Unit in La Paz district on August 12, 2019 to augment the city’s effort in fighting mosquito-borne disease. Of the 7 medical personnel, four (4) were from AGH and three (3) from 3ID.
“Our medical personnel are ready to extend free medical assistance specifically in assisting and consulting dengue patients. This medical service is part of our non- traditional role to serve the people especially in situations like this where convergence of efforts is necessary to stop the dengue outbreak,” said MGen Dinoh Dolina, Commander, 3ID.
MGen Dolina together with Hon. Jerry Treñas, City Mayor, personally visited the Iloilo City Hydration Unit on August 13 in order to ensure that the Army and the local government are in unison to contain the deadly disease from further spreading as well as minimize the damage it has brought to those patients suffering from dengue.
It can be recalled that the Spearhead Division lent sixty-eight (68) folding beds where thirty (30) are from 12 th Infantry (Cadre) Battalion and thirty-eight (38) from Headquarters, 3ID to Iloilo City government to be utilized by dengue patients. It was received by Hon. Allan Zaldivar, City Councilor and Chairman of Committee on Health.
Aside from medical assistance and material resources, 3ID’s line units, particularly the 61st Infantry (Hunter) Battalion has been actively partaking in series of clean-up drives dubbed “Brigada Kontra Dengue” to help maintain a dengue-free environment, and blood-letting ctivities to ensure adequate supply of blood available for those in need.
Division Public Affairs Office 3rd Infantry Division Philippine Army
CPT CENON C PANCITO III (SC) PA
Chief, 3rd Division Public Affairs Office
Camp General Martin T Delgado, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
Contact: dpao.3idpa@gmail.com / 0917-124-1983
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CPT CENON C PANCITO III (SC) PA
Chief, 3rd Division Public Affairs Office
Camp General Martin T Delgado, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
Contact: dpao.3idpa@gmail.com / 0917-124-1983
[Kalinaw News is the official online source of information on the pursuit for peace by the Philippine Army. It provides information on the activities of Army Units nationwide in the performance of their duty of Serving the People and Securing the Land. This website is a property of the Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Philippine Army located at Lawton Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Contact us: contact@kalinawnews.com]
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