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3.4 A healthy province - Bukidnon<br />

Province <strong>of</strong> Bukidnon<br />

Alex Calingasan<br />

The province. Bukidnon is a landlocked plateau on Nor<strong>the</strong>rn-Central Mindanao dubbed as <strong>the</strong><br />

Heart <strong>of</strong> Mindanao. The province is composed <strong>of</strong> four (4) congressional districts with twenty (20)<br />

municipalities and two (2) component cities, having a total land area <strong>of</strong> 1,049,859 hectares with a<br />

population <strong>of</strong> 1,299,192 as <strong>of</strong> 2010 and with a growth rate <strong>of</strong> 2.03.<br />

The Bukidnon health system. “The Bukidnon health system is envisioned to provide<br />

comprehensive health care services to achieve a healthy constituency through an effective,<br />

efficient, accessible, and equitable health care for <strong>the</strong> total development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> province.” The<br />

Bukidnon health system is a 3-pronged health system with<br />

<strong>the</strong> rural health units operated by <strong>the</strong> local government units (LGUs) but more aligned to <strong>the</strong><br />

implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> DOH mandated functions, ie, <strong>the</strong> preventive aspect <strong>of</strong> health; promoting<br />

health and educating <strong>the</strong> people on maintaining <strong>the</strong>ir health; and<br />

<strong>the</strong> 14 provincial health stations initiated and constructed by <strong>the</strong> province to support its Provincial<br />

Indigency Health <strong>Program</strong> (PIHP), focused on <strong>the</strong> delivery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Primary Care Benefit Package <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s Sponsored <strong>Program</strong> (<strong>the</strong>se stations continue to act<br />

as gatekeepers to keep our people from being hospitalized); and <strong>the</strong> Bukidnon Provincial Medical<br />

Center (BPMC) and seven (7) Bukidnon provincial hospitals (BPH) intended to provide <strong>the</strong><br />

curative aspect <strong>of</strong> health.<br />

Title<br />

The Provincial Economic Enterprise Development and Management Office. The Office is<br />

envisioned Agency to provide effective financial management to <strong>the</strong> different component income centers<br />

particularly along <strong>the</strong> sustainability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eight (8) provincial hospitals; to engage in business<br />

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constituents. The Bukidnon Provincial Hospital as an economic enterprise exercises fiscal<br />

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autonomy on hospital operations and standardized wages and benefits <strong>of</strong> health workers. Due to<br />

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provision Ac dolor <strong>of</strong> healthy ac adipiscing quality amet care bibendum to <strong>the</strong> constituency nullam, massa especially lacus molestie <strong>the</strong> ut PIHP libero nec, members. diam et, pharetra sodales<br />

eget, feugiat ullamcorper id tempor eget id vitae<br />

A healthy province - Bukidnon. Health is a concern that touches o<strong>the</strong>r critical aspects but with a<br />

great resolve and political will, addressing primarily health issues and concerns is tantamount to<br />

giving <strong>the</strong> people access to social justice and unburdens <strong>the</strong>m to face o<strong>the</strong>r challenges and<br />

opportunities in life.<br />

SCIENCE AND HEALTH FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 31

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