Solon pushes bill to set up Cordova hospital

CORDOVA town will soon have a 25-bed public hospital if a bill submitted in Congress will be approved.

Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing (Cebu 6th district) submitted the House Bill 5200 recently  seeking for a public hospital for the “delivery of effective and affordable medical care and services to the people” which is a primary obligation of the government.

Quisumbing said Cordova town might have a Municipal Health Office but the establishment of a  hospital would ease the need of indigent constituents  seeking affordable and quality medical care.

Quisumbing said most of Cordova town’s constitutents only earn a minimum wage and suffer from poverty.

“It is also envisioned to provide them a medical facility within the accessible distance equipped with the basic life-saving equipment and professional expertise,” he said.

He cited Article II Section 15 of the Constitution to defend his bill, which states that “The state shall protect and promote thre right to health of the people and instill health consciousness”./Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos