The Ilocos Times

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff Reporter LAOAG CITY—Officials Department of Health in the Ilocos region was in the province recently as it relaunched its school-based immunization program on July 31, 2019 to increase immunization of schoolchildren. Participated in by local government officials, health workers, parents and caregivers and pupils, a community parade was conducted in downtown Laoag to advocate the importance of vaccination to protect children from infectious diseases. In Ilocos region, John Lee Gacusan, DOH Region I senior health program officer said in an interview that they are targeting around 400,000 public school children from Grades 1 to 7 to be vaccinated with measles and rubella vaccine including a booster doses of tetanus-diphtheria vaccines. In addition, some 50,000 female students aged 9 to 14 years old will also get vaccine against cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer in the country. “We want to regain the trust of t

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY—The Ilocos Norte government is seeking more ambulances from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). On March 2, 2018, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan unanimously approved a resolution authorizing Governor Ma. Imelda Josefa Marcos to request for six units of ambulance. Sponsored by the committee on health and sanitation, the PCSO requires Draft Provincial Resolution 2018-02- in compliance to the provisions of the Local Government Code. According to SP member Rogelio Balbag, most of the service ambulances of all district hospitals in the province are already dilapidated and non-functional hence the need for replacement the soonest possible time. Since the PCSO is giving out ambulance to local government units as part of its commitment to help in times of need, Mr. Balbag said they allocated at least PHP3 million from the provincial development fund as a counterpart in the purchase of six units of