City of San Juan

Metro Manila, Philippines

KALUSUGAN

(Health)

          Mayor JV envisions a San Juan where every resident enjoys affordable health care – such as medicines, professional medical service, hospitals and clinics – and economical nutrition.

In its commitment to better serve its constituents, the city government of San Juan has adopted measures to further reach out to the poor by making available the amenities of modern medicine at the least possible cost. This was achieved through the construction and operation of a government hospital, the San Juan Medical Center. Located at the back of the city hall, it has a total floor area of 4,000 square meters.

The hospital has an initial capacity of 50 beds and eventually expanded to 150 after it was classified as Medical Center. The hospital is equipped with the latest technology for San Juan Populace.

San Juan has a total of nine (9) barangay health centers, one (1) barangay puericulture center, seven (7) barangay health stations, two (2) nutrition services offices – City Nutrition Office and the Street Food Training Center, Population Commission – Family Planning Office, aside from two city health offices. These centers, stations and offices have more than 100 personnel headed by two (2) city health officers. San Juan also boasts of three (3) private clinics and two private hospitals.

Noteworthy Achievements

2001-2003

• Implementation of the Municipal Integrated Health Care System (MIHCS)

• Distribution of the San Juan Health Card to 21 Barangays of the Municipality.

• Advocacy Campaign on the MIHCS and Health Card

• MOA with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)

• Identification and distribution of the initial 1,000 constituent beneficiaries of “Medicare para sa Masa” (PhilHealth Insurance)

• MOA between the San Juan Police Station and the San Juan Medical Center.

• MOA with St. Martin de Porres

• Periodic Dengue-Control program (Fumigation and Information Campaign).

• Free medical and dental services on barangay level.

• Regular Monthly Medical Mission (Every 3ed Sunday of the month)

• General Health and Nutrition Month through Feeding Programs led by the Municipal Social Welfare Development Office and the Municipal Health Offices.

• Opening of the West Crame and Little Baguio Lying-In Clinics

• Regular dialogue and discussion with Barangay Officials, NGOs, etc.

• Free Pap Smear Initiative

• Anti-Polio Campaign program and Door-to-door Patak Polio

• Observation of National Cancer Consciousness Week

• Observation of World Tuberculosis Month

• Operation Bigay Lunas- a yearly medical mission for 2,000 indigent residents of the Municipality in cooperation with Mercury Drug Corporation

• Medical Mission with the Association of the Philippine Physicians of New York- free cataract and other minor and major surgeries.

• Oplan Angat Timbang

• Putting-up of “Botika sa Barangay” in Corazon de Jesus and West Crame

•  Distribution of 6,000 medical kits for indigent families in San Juan

• Zamora “Alay sa Kalusugan” Program which accredits the following hospitals:

  • Phil. General Hospital

  • East Ave. Children’s Hospital

  •  National Children’s Hospital

  • Jose Fabella Hospital

  • Phil. Heart Center

  • Orthopedic Hospital

• Mobilization and training of additional Barangay Health Workers

• Construction of building to house the Employees’ Cooperative and the Hospital Employees’ Cooperative Pharmacy

• Observation or and support to the World Population Day Celebration

• Support for the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week by conducting a Message by the Blind at the municipal hall premises

• Creation of the Municipal gender Equality and Focal Point (MGEPP)

• Observation and celebration of National Women’s Month

• Pre e-Marriage counseling by the San Juan POPCOM Office

• Recognition Award by the National Commission on Population as “ The Most Outstanding Municipality in the implementation of the Population Programs in Empowering Filipino Families”

• Recognition as the first LGU to create a municipal focal point for gender equality

2004

• Green Banners Awards for Nutrition in2002 and 2003

• Recognition Award by the National Commission on Population as the Most Outstanding Municipality in the implementation of Population Programs in Empowering Filipinos Families in 2002-2003

• Distribution of the San Juan Health Card to 21 barangays in the municipality

• Monthly Medical Mission (every 3^rd Sunday of the month)

• Municipal support to Nutrition Month through Feeding Programs

• Mobilization and training of additional barangay Health Workers

• Oplan: Angat Timbang

• Operation: Bigay Lunas

•  Periodic dengue-control program (fumigation and information campaign)

• Free PapSmear

2005

• Paglunsad ng “Larvae Trapping”

• Oplan: SILIP MATA

• Paglunsad ng Libreng check-up sa blood sugar at cholesterol

• Pagkakaroon ng Libreng Family Planning Program

• Paglulunsad ng “Food for the School Program”

• Operation: LIBRE TULE

• Pagbibigay ng impormasyon tungkol sa Foot and Mouth Disease

• Operation: LIBRE PAPSMEAR

• Pagkakaroon ng malawakang kaalaman tungkol sa nakakamatay na RABIS

• Pamamahagi ng San Juan Health Card sa 21 na barangay

• Pagkakaroon ng Seminar tungkol sa Drug Abuse

• Paglulunsad ng Libreng pagpapagamot at pag-oopera

• Pagbibigay ng suporta sa Buwan ng Nutrisyon sa Pamamagitan ng “Feeding Program”

2006

• Construction of San Juan, Metro manila Pharmacy

• Philhealth Cards distribution

• Annual Operation Bigay Lunas

• Regular implementation of Food for School Program

• Formation of Dengue-busters

• Construction of “Botika sa Barangay” in all barangays

• Libreng konsulta sa Unilab

• Free cataract Operations Project in cooperation with Rotary Club of San Juan

• Oplan Iwas-Tigdas Program

• Foot-and-Mouth Disease Campaign

• Regular medical and dental missions

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