MALOLOS
CITY—Bulacan is sending a 54-man medical team to coastal towns of Leyte and
Samar in an effort to assist victims of typhoon Yolanda which has not be
reached by humanitarian groups and other government agencies.
Governor
Wilhelmino Alvarado said the medical team will be composed of 24 doctors and 24
nurses from 21 towns and three cities of the province, along with six medical
specialists from the Bulacan medical center.
The
said team will leave Bulacan on Sunday, along with relief goods collected from
Bulakenyos and will be delivered to victims of typhoon Yolanda.
The
governor said that the medical team and relief goods will be transported using
a ship owned by a member of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA).
The
said ship will also serve as temporary residence and clinic of the medical teams
as there is hardly a hotel to accommodate them in the typhoon hit areas.
“Our
medical team will ride along with the first batch of PMA members that will be
sent to the coastal towns of Leyte and Samar,” he said.
Alvarado
explained that many coastal towns of Samar and Leyte are still to be reached by
humanitarian groups and government personnel delivering assistance and relief
goods.
With
regards to relief goods, Alvarado called on Bulakenyos to bring their donations
to the provincial capitol in this city, where a donation center was established
since Tuesday.
However,
he drew flak when asked in a live interview by Radyo Bulacan on how much will
be the pledge of the provincial government to victims of calamity in the
Visayas.
Alvarado
answered,” hindi na ninyo dapat alamin kung magkano ang ibibigay ng kapitolyo.”
He
then said that the provincial government will spend money for the medicines and
other supplies that will be used by the medical team, but did not specified the
amount.
Alvarado
also said that for the victims of typhoon Sendong in Mindanao in 2011, they
collected a total P1.5-Million donation from Bulakenyos, and the provincial
government gave a total of P2.5-Million as counterpart.
Despite
the governor’s recitation of facts from previous relief efforts of Bulacan,
Bulakenyo social media users demanded transparency on the amount that the
provincial government will spend.
Some
noted that the funds of the provincial government are actually peoples’ money
and the government must account for every cent spent.
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