Kalinga hospital gets P7.5M from 2011 budget

Posted on | Monday, 14 March 2011 | No Comments

by Gigi Dumallig

TABUK, Kalinga, Monday March 14 – More improvement is expected for implementation at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital with the allotment of P7.5 million from the 20 percent development fund of this year’s fiscal budget for five indentified projects.

Listed as priority projects in the fiscal budget through the Provincial Appropriations Ordinance 2010-022 is a P5 million funding for the construction of a pay wing to address the needed increase of 45 percent bed occupancy rate at the hospital.


Also included for funding is the construction of a training center with P1 million allotment.


The proposed physical and service improvements he said, is geared towards the comprehensive development plan to upgrade said facility to a tertiary level hospital.

Towards this endeavor, Kalinga Lone District Representative Manuel Agyao has filed House Bill 4001, last January 24 to name and level up said institution to be known as the Kalinga General Hospital.
Since his assumption to office, Governor Jocel Baac had been keen on improving the services of the government facility starting by addressing the shortage of maintenance personnel and other management concerns.

Baac is likewise pushing for the implementation of the special account for the purchase of drugs and medicines at the provincial hospital giving the management authority procure drugs to ensure the availability of needed drug supplies in the hospital’s pharmacy.


The Provincial Board last November 9, 2010 has approved the 2011 budget of P471,882,296 and transmitted at the office of the governor last February 11.


Provincial Budget officer Alma Copanut said that the province is currently awaiting the authorization from the Department of Budget and Management Regional Office after its submission last February 21 for review and authorization to DBM-CAR OIC director Liza Fangsilat. *(PIA CAR/Kalinga)

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