Mayor Ernesto Reyes of Guihulngan, Oriental Negros, said the delivery of health services will be one of his priorities as the local government, which became a city recently, will have an increased internal revenue allotment share.

The Guihulngan District Hospital has been catering to patients in the city and neighboring towns of Negros Occidental. It cannot cater to all patients who needed major operations because of lack of medical equipment, the mayor said. He said that with the increase in its IRA, the city can purchase medical equipment for major operations, and patients no longer have to be transferred to Dumaguete City.

Reyes said the hospitalization thrust of his administration is in line with the vision of Gov. Emilio Macias II to empower the district hospital with enough doctors.

Meanwhile, former Rep. Jacinto Paras (First District, NegOr) said with the conversion of Guihulngan into a city, he is expecting more infrastructure projects, salary increase for the employees and improvement of the delivery of basic services. Paras was the sponsor of the cityhood of Guihulngan under Republic Act 9409.*

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