CHO CLEARS UP ISSUES ON MATERNAL DEATH INCIDENCE

KORONADAL , August 19,2013- the City Health Office (CHO) releases official information  amidst media torrents of sensationalized news and commentaries coming out blaming the midwife, Ms. Luisa Viray of the City Health Office for the  death of the 16-year old girl sent to the city’s lying in clinic, August 7, for delivery but who died while on the way to the Provincial Hospital for referral. OIC-City Health Officer Dr.Jean Genevieve Aturdido,in an interview, said that the City Government of Koronadal was saddened by the death, however, she was firm that due courses of action were duly observed and that  the city government ...

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KORONADAL,LOWEST IN MALNUTRITION PREVALENCE RATE, JOINS THE COUNTRY IN CELEBRATING NUTRITION MONTH

Tagged as having the lowest malnutrition prevalence rate of 4.17% in Region XII for 2012, Koronadal’s seat in the Hall of Fame as Nutrition National Awardee since 2005 is definitely sealed off as revealed by Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Arceli  M. Latonio, in her message as Guest Speaker  during the Opening Program of the culmination activity of the this year’s Nutrition Month celebration, July 30, 2013, Rizal Park of Koronadal. With such a feat, Latonio further challenged the LGU under the leadership of Mayor Peter B. Miguel to work harder towards zero malnutrition, though how ambitious it might sound. In pursuit of...

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