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DAVAO CITY—The Sarangani provincial government gradually patched some of its medical vulnerability with the completion of a P68.9-million annex building to its provincial hospital with new medical equipment and more hospital beds. “What the rich gets, the poor gets,” Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon said on Monday in the inauguration of…

Dr. Arvin Alejandro, Sarangani health officer (PNA GenSan photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Health authorities in Sarangani province have tapped local tribal or indigenous peoples' (IP) leaders to help increase its vaccination coverage against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Dr. Arvin Alejandro, Sarangani health officer, said on Friday the number of vaccinated individuals in some upland and remote villages and communities in the province's seven municipalities remained low, especially among the IP residents. He cited as an example the case of Barangay Amsipit in Maasim town, where o...

The provincial capitol building of Sarangani (File photo courtesy of the provincial government) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The provincial government of Sarangani has so far tested over 70,000 residents for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in nearly six months, in line with its expanded risk-based targeted testing strategy. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, Sarangani health officer, said on Monday that the free testing, which is still ongoing in its seven municipalities, is considered as among the factors that had been helping control the spread of the disease in the area since May. He said they have so far u...

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