Completion of drug rehab center dormitory assured
AT least P25 million is now underway for the initial construction of a dormitory for patients of the Regional Drug Rehabilitation Center being built by the Department of Health in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City.
Rep. Gina de Venecia said the amount was part of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of her husband, former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., which was withheld by the previous administration.
Rep. De Venecia followed up the funding committed for the dormitory with the Department of budget and Management when she noted the suspension of the construction of the project.
Budget Secretary Butch Abad had reportedly assured her that the Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for the amount will be released this year.
The dormitory will complement the administrative building already built at a more than six hectare lot occupied by the former Dona Teodora Manaois Children’s Hospital, was also built from former Speaker De Venecia’s PDAF.
The Regional Drug Rehab Center with a 300-bed capacity, will be operated as an extension of the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City.
R1MC Director Roland Mejia said the P25 million made available by former Speaker De Venecia will fund the first phase of the dormitory.
Rep. De Venecia said her own PDAF will ensure the completion of the project by the fourth quarter of 2011.
Once operational, the drug rehab center will accommodate patients not only from Pangasinan but also La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.
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