BACOLOD CITY: The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Negros Occidental is now offering additional medical services, according to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.
Lacson said the TLJPH, now a secondary level hospital classified by the Department of Health (DoH), will have a licensed intensive care unit, including neonatal ICU, and high-risk pregnancy, pulmonary and pediatric units.
The governor also said the facilities will benefit more Negrenses.
Then-President Rodrigo Duterte signed on June 29 this year Republic Act 11890, or an act increasing the capacity of the hospital from 100 beds to 300, and appropriating funds for its operations.
Section 4 of the law mandates the provincial government of Negros Occidental to provide the necessary funds to cover the maintenance and other operating expenses of the TLJPH.
“It shall also appropriate funds for the additional human resource complement to support the increase in bed capacity and the corresponding upgrading of its facilities and professional health care services,” the law stated.
The DoH shall include in its subsidy program support for the capital outlay requirements of the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, it added.
“Our next target is Level 3. Once we do that with the TLJPH, we will go to the next hospitals, the Cadiz District Hospital and the Lorenzo Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan City,” Lacson said.
Level 3 hospitals refer to health facilities selected to provide tertiary hospital services, and have training programs for doctors, rehabilitation and dialysis units.
Majority of those are located in the National Capital Region (NCR or Metro Manila).
On Tuesday, Lacson led the blessing of the upgraded TLJPH dialysis center in Silay City.
The dialysis center is now equipped with 15 seats.
“We will also expand the dialysis centers in Cadiz and Kabankalan government hospitals, as well as at the Valladolid District Hospital,” Lacson said.
Source: Eugene Y. Adiong – The Manila Times | December 16, 2022