After lot donor’s query City to pursue Bonbon hospital plan

CEBU, Philippines- Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama confirmed that the city government will pursue the construction of the hospital in Barangay Bonbon, Cebu City.

This after Estela Domingo made a query to the City Council on whether the city government is still willing to pursue the project after her family donated the lot for the project in 2011.

“It has been four years since the Deed of Donation was executed and accepted by Mayor Michael Rama for and in behalf of Cebu City government, yet, there is still no construction of hospital or school on the said property,” she said.

The property has an area of more or less 5,000 square meters which will be used for the construction of the hospital for the benefit and welfare of the people in the said baranagy and in nearby areas.

“I am compelled to inquire from the Cebu City government through the Sangguniang Panlungsod  if it is interested to pursue the project,” she added.

However, Rama, in a press conference yesterday, did not specifically tell reporters when the project would start.

Based on earlier reports, Rama said the hospital in the said barangay will be constructed in his second term.

This will cater to the residents in the mountain barangays and who cannot immediately go to the city for medical treatment.

According to Lawyer Joey Daluz III, chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee, there is a budget of P5 million for the project. The budget was approved in 2012 and is intact until now, he added.

“Wala lang maka prepare ang DEPW (Department of Engineering and Public Works) og POWE (Program of Works and Estimate) ana. Pero sige ato lang silang i-remind ana,” he said.  —/JMD) (FREEMAN)