LINGAYEN–Some P90 million worth of brand new hospital equipment were turned over on December 19 by the Department of Health (DoH) to Pangasinan for use in the 14 government-owned hospitals around the province.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. received the equipment from Dr. Jemuel Cardenas, OIC regional director of the DOH in Region 1, and thanked the national agency for its contribution to the provincial government’s health program that included the refurbishing of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City, six district hospitals and various community hospitals.

Espino said the new equipment upgrades the facilities of the provincial government-run hospitals, which will now be able to handle more delicate medical cases.

Dr. Jackson Soriano, chief of the PPH, said the equipment were requested by the hospitals to be able to respond to the needs of a continuously growing number of patients better.

Provincial officials said it would have taken the provincial government years to fund all the requested equipment without the DoH assistance.

Among the most expensive equipment were one unit of 3D Echo Machine with Heart Probe costing P4.05.million; x-ray machine 500 mA with automatic film processor, P2.9million; one unit of X-ray machine 300 mA, P2.4 million; two units of anesthesia machine with ventilator at P1.4 million each; and one unit of Automatic  X-ray processor worth P400,000.

The heads of the different hospitals brought their respective equipment back to their respective hospitals after witnessing the turnover.

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