The new barangay health center of Tina-an, Naga City, Cebu. / contributed photo
NAGA CITY
Quality healthcare delivery is at the cornerstone of empowering a productive citizenry. Putting by heart its social development mantra of “Building the Nation Together” with Filipinos, Cemex Holdings Philippines supported the construction of the new barangay health center in Barangay Tina-an, Naga City, Cebu.
The project was spearheaded by the Tina-an Barangay Council and Naga City Health Office.
The barangay health center serves as a lying-in facility for expectant mothers and offers services including pre-natal consultation, children’s immunization, and anti-drug use counseling.
Cemex also hired a doctor who will report every week to monitor the health of local residents and provide free consultation and free medicines from the city health office.
According to Jocelyn Taray, head of the barangay health workers, most patients were happy and thankful for the project that made healthcare more accessible to them in a spacious and clean environment.
Volunteers from Cemex cleaned up the area prior to the turnover and showed how they were working with the company for nation-building.
Tina-an is the host barangay of Cemex subsidiary Apo Cement Corporation.
Aside from promoting health, Cemex, through Apo Cement’s Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) also enhances livelihood, infrastructure development, and education programs in Naga City.
Other social development initiatives of Cemex in Cebu included the “Bancambulansya,” or boat ambulance, housing for employees and underserved community members, and the Adopt-a-Species program for conservation, among many others.