Thanks to non-government organizations, which raised funds to start the construction of an infirmary, ailing inmates of the Dagupan City Jail will soon get medical attention without having to leave the facility at Bonuan Gueset. Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez also provided the forty per cent counterpart for the project enabling the completion of the construction.

Senior Insp. Roque Constantino Sison III, jail warden, said that the infirmary, once completed, will be the first in any jail facility in the Ilocos Region, if not in the country.

“We will soon be able to immediately isolate sick inmates, especially those with communicable diseases, to avoid the spread of the disease to other inmates, Sison said.

He added that inmates with chronic illnesses may also be temporarily confined in the infirmary while waiting for a court to issue an order for their eventual confinement in a hospital.

Sison credited the Apostles of Divine Mercy, whose spiritual leader, Sylvana de Vera for the project who was first to launch the fund-raising campaign. 

Soon after, the St. Therese Parish, the Korean Missionaries, the Seventh Day Adventist and concerned private individuals gave their share. The Pangasinan Medical Society had pledged to donate medical equipment and regular medical services for the operation of the infirmary.

Then, Vice Mayor Fernandez, on seeing the uncompleted project, provided the funding for the steel trusses of the infirmary’s roof and other construction materials.

 
From 2001 to 2005 the city jail has been conferred major regional and national awards as Best City Jail and Best City Jail Warden to Sison. Recently, SJO1 Jayson Aquino was named Best Paralegal Officer.

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