QC government launches mobile clinic

The Quezon City government is set to launch a mobile clinic to provide medical services to poor neighboroods.

First district Councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy said the Bagong Henerasyon Mobile clinic will complement the delivery of health services of the city government.

"The dream project will be a reality with the support of Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., the QC Council headed by Vice Mayor Herbert Baustista and fellow councilors," Herrera-Dy said in a statement.

The mobile clinic was patterned after a mobile computer school that was launched recently to provide short computer courses in poor barangays, Dy said.

The vehicle is a 16-foot, six-wheel van with tools and equipment for chest X-ray, ECG, blood sugar counting, blood typing, urinalysis and other kind of health laboratory examinations.

"I hope our BH Mobile Clinic will reach even the farthest less fortunate constituents of Quezon City, especially in my home district. This project aims to deliver free health services to the poor people because we believe that becoming physically fit should not be an opportunity, it is the right of every individual," Herrera-Dy said.

Herrera-Dy expects senior citizens, as well as children and teenagers will benefit most from BH Mobile Clinic because the age bracket of these sectors are the most crucial stages in sustaining an individual’s mental and physical well-being.

According to data from the National Statistics Office, children and teenagers make up almost 3.8 million or 31.9 percent of Metro Manila’s population is made of children and teenagers while 324,000 senior citizens make up 2.7 percent. – Perseus Echeminada