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SERVICE DELIVERY MECHANISMS
Health Services
The curative health services of the Provincial
Government are mainly carried-out by the Provincial Hospital in
Pagadian City, the Regional Hospital in Margosatubig and Aurora
General Hospital in Aurora. Supporting the curative health services
are six other public hospitals that are strategically located all
throughout the area. On the other hand, preventive services are
lodged in the Integrated Provincial Health Office, which have 42
Rural Health Units and 277 Barangay Health Centers.
While a greater bulk of the Province' resources are poured-out in
health services, there are still great challenges relative to the
health needs of the people that must have to be addressed immediately.
The existing services are not enough to cater to the needs of every
destitute populace who generally come from the poorest of the poor
level that abound all throughout the area.
The deterrent factors include the insufficiency of the public health
units and personnel vis-à-vis the total number of population
in need which may be expressed in terms of the number of facilities,
equipment, available medicines, transportation, communication and
accessibility problems due to deplorable road condition towards
the hinter barangays and the available health personnel in the municipalities
and the barangays. Moreover, the peace and order situation in some
areas, especially in coastal barangays, discourages the personnel
to emerge there. In addition, client-based problems also hinder
the health program of the government. This includes illiteracy,
non-compliance in case management, non-referral of cases and indifference
and disorientation of the populace to certain programs of the government
due to religious and cultural beliefs.
Despite the hindrances, the achievement of the Province' in terms
of the reduction of the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) from 12.09 per
1000 live births in 1998 to 10.33 in 1999 is quiet laudable.
Social Welfare Services
The Provincial Social Welfare Office cater to the
social welfare requirements of the populace which include the care
of children and women in need of special protection, who may either
be street children, sexually exploited and battered individuals,
children under substance abuse or children engaged in child labor.
The Province is likewise concerned of those individuals and families
in crisis due to disaster or war and the out-of-school youths, the
pre-schoolers and the aged persons. Assistance is also extended
to meet the basic needs of families due to sudden illnesses, death
or loss of job.
Extended assistance may take the form of direct cash or goods (distribution
of food), housing and care. Indirect assistance is in the form of
training in order to provide opportunities for socio-economic upliftment
of families/individuals and in order to properly manage the effects
of crisis and, in child day care services.
Infrastructure Services
The Provincial Government also facilitates the
improved mobility in the transport of goods and services. Her infrastructure
capacity, under the care of the Provincial Engineer's Office, is
limited to the construction and maintenance of provincial roads
and bridges and basic infrastructure requirements of the provincial
government offices. It also assists component municipalities and
barangays in the construction and maintenance of roads by making
available for their utilization heavy equipment owned by the provincial
government.
Communication Services
The Provincial Communications System provides communication
services to all municipalities and barangays within the province.
Inter-provincial communication is also possible through this system.
Agricultural Extension
The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist extends
agricultural services to farmers in the form of production of high-grade
variety rice, corn, vegetable seeds, and, fruit and tree seedlings.
It also provides technical services in introducing new technology
packages to farmers through trainings, technology transfer and demonstration
farms. On the other hand, the Provincial Veterinarian extends services
in the form of vaccination of livestock, livestock dispersal and
treatment of diseased animals.
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