Christmas treats given to preggies
>> Wednesday, December 19, 2018
By Alpine L. Killa
BONTOC,
Mountain Province – Early Christmas treats were given to 106 pregnant mothers
during Buntis Day on Dec. 5 here at the Bontoc municipal capitol.
According to Dr. Diga
Kay Gomez, free prenatal check-up, urinalysis, complete blood count , blood
typing and dental check-up were offered and kit containing baby diaper, adult
diaper, sanitary napkin, alcohol, thermometer, mittens, bonnet, hand towel,
toothbrush, toothpaste, and soap were distributed to the pregnant women.
Speakers
also lectured on danger signs of pregnancy.
Headed by the Bontoc
municipal government through its Municipal Health Office, the activity was made
possible through help of doctors, nurses, midwives and personnel of the MHO;
Bontoc General Hospital; Provincial Health Office; Dept. of Health provincial
office; Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society- Mountain Province
Chapter; Philippine Dental Association; Mountain Province Medical Society and
Ultrasonologist Society of the Philippines.
The doctors and dentists
present during the one–day activity are Dr. Diga Kay Gomez, Dr. Raquel Tannao
Kanongkong, Dr. Marjorie Chaokas, Dr. Claudine Dirige, Dr. Joshua Fronda, and
Dr. Ameriza Chumacog-Gamotlong.
Meanwhile, to lessen
burden of pregnant mothers in going home for a lunch break and returning to the
venue in the afternoon, free snacks and meals for lunch were served to them.
The budget for the
activity was sourced from the gender and development fund of the provincial
government through its PHO.
The kit given to
pregnant mothers and the kits that were used in the delivery of free medical
services were provided by the DOH.
As mandated by
Presidential Proclamation 569, Buntis Day observed March 10 of every year.
However,
health workers said Buntis Day should not only be celebrated March of every
year.
To them, it should be an
everyday celebration with the aim to promote the needs of pregnant women in
order to have a healthier pregnancy.
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