SP Bohol renames Inabanga hospital to

Francisco Dagohoy Memorial Hospital

CORTES, Bohol April 8, (PIA)—If plans do not get derailed, Francisco Dagohoy Municipal Hospital of Inbanga town would be named Francisco Dagohoy Memorial Hospital.

This as the hospital that the Department of Health established in 1985,and was subsequently devolved to the local government of Bohol through the operation of the Local Government Code of Republic Act 7160.

Since April 1, 1991, the Provincial Government of Bohol operated and managed the same hospital, even when several people assume that the municipal government of Inabanga ran it.

At that, when the hospital, which ran under the new management experienced its re-birth pangs, many people also mistakenly demand from Inabanga municipal government the proper funds and services, affecting the local government’s performance perception.

ON the other hand, as the province was also securing the necessary funds to sustain its operations, the hospital had its share of criticism, with Inabanga innocently taking the brunt of the derision.

To this, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, in a need to correct the public’s assumption or conjecture and to clarify the matter, decided in its session to officially rename the municipal hospital to Francisco Dagohoy Memorial Hospital.

Authored and sponsored by Board Member Greg Crispinito L. Jala and co-authored and co-sponsored by Nathaniel O. Binlod, Romulo G. Cepedoza, Aldner R. Damalerio and the Honorable Presiding Officer, the proposed ordinance, should it pass muster, would necessitate formal notification letters for information.

The ordinance said formal notification letters establishing the change of name should be shared to the Department of Health, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the component municipalities under the catchment of the said hospital and other parties concerned, for their proper information and guidance. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)