The poverty of half of the
population
of Bicol
pressures
the
government
to provide
basic social
services for
health,
nutrition,
family
planning,
education,
water and
sanitation.
More than
400,000
families in
the region
rely on
government
for these
basic needs.
Majority of
families are
dependent on
farming and
fishing.
Poor families have limited access to
health
services due
to lack of
information
on available
health
care services,
lack of
accessible
and
affordable
transport
facilities,
scarcity of
public
health
facilities
in remote
areas,
persistence
of belief
preventing
acceptance
of
appropriate
and
effective
health
services,
and high
cost of
health care
especially
those
requiring hospitalization
and
diagnostic
examinations. Children,
women,
disabled
persons, and
the elderly
need
specialized
health
services.
Basic health services shall be
provided by
all LGUs.
The private
sector will
be tapped to
address
health
delivery
service
backlog.
Prevention
and
eradication
of
preventable
diseases
through cost
effective
technologies
shall be the
focus of
health
services. A
health care
program will
provide free
medical care
to the poor,
elderly, and
marginalized
persons.
Feeding programs shall be provided
to
schoolchildren.
Barangay
councils
should
provide
meals to
preschoolers
at the day
care
centers.
Communities
shall
provide
feeding
programs
during
vacation to
sustain the
nutritional
needs of
schoolchildren.
Establishment of provincial tertiary
hospitals
and
acquisition
of modern
equipment
like MRIs
and CTScan
by private
and
government
hospitals
shall be
pursued.
Medical
tourism will
offer
traditional
and
alternative
medicines to
local and
international
patients.
Specialized
centers
shall be
established
for the
elderly,
insane,
disabled,
women and
children.
Settlements
in high risk
areas shall
not be
allowed. A
housing loan
package
shall be
offered to
disaster
victims for
the
rehabilitation
of their
houses. A
100%
financing
shall be
offered to
purchase new
homes or
rebuild
their
destroyed
homes.
Manufacture
of standard
housing
components
shall be
promoted.
