SERVICES: Health

Health Resources, Facilities and Services

Pandan has one District Hospital, the Gov. Leandro Locsin Fullon General Hospital with 25-bed capacity located at Brgy. Bagumbayan, one kilometer away from the Poblacion. It is manned by a chief of hospital, two (2) resident physicians, eight (8) nurses, one (1) midwife, one (1) dentist, one (1) pharmacist, one (1) medical technologist and one (1) nutritionist. Attached to the hospital is the Alexander Liberman Memorial Surgical Pavilion.

There is a private Lying-In-Clinic (Tugon Medical Clinic) which is located at the poblacion with 10-bed capacity and manned by one (1) physician, five (5) nurses, one (1) midwife, one (1) dentist, two (2) pharmacists and one (1) medical technologist.

The Municipal Health Office is manned by one (1) Municipal Health Officer (MHO), two (2) Public Health Nurses (PHN), 10 Rural Health Midwives (RHM), one (1) Rural Sanitary Inspector (RSI), 4 casuals and 1 janitor. Each RHM have their own catchment area which is composed of three (3) to four (4) barangays. One (1) RHM is assigned in the Main Health Center. Sad to say that out of nine (9) Barangay Health Stations (BHS), only three (3) have permanent buildings but at present they also need repair. Midwives with no permanent BHS occupy the Barangay Hall. Despite these difficulties, the health personnel delivers health services regularly to their constituents.

The programs and services implemented by the Municipal Health Office are: National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP), Health and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Health Care (MCHC), Nutrition, Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Control of Diarrheal Disease, Leprosy Control and Family Planning. These programs and services are implemented throughout the municipality through the effort of the Rural Health Personnel with the help of the Barangay Health Workers (BHW), Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and trained hilots in their respective barangays.