De los Santos to prioritize health care services for Cebu City

MINERVA BC NEWMAN

CEBU CITY – Mary Ann de los Santos seeks a comeback at the Cebu City Council with her trailblazing programs and meaningful laws and ordinances during her two consecutive terms as City councilor starting in 2013.

De los Santos fervently hopes to use them as leverage as she seeks to make a comeback at the City Hall three weeks from now.

 

Making a difference in the lives of others with her valuable programs on health, she authored the ordinance granting a two-hectare land at the South Road Properties to the Department of Health as well as the creation of free breast screening program for indigent women of the city.

De los Santos was responsible for the establishment of a Barangay Behavioral Health Unit in Cebu City, the first of its kind in the country which is very timely and relevant during the pandemic where mental health is of utmost importance.

She also penned the "half-rice" ordinance to promote responsible rice consumption by avoiding rice left-over or rice wastage and the law giving financial incentives to all who top in board examinations.

 She also takes pride for the creation of "Elderly Friendly Facility" in all hospitals, be it private or public, and in-home health care/home for the aged.  De los Santos wants to establish a separate floor for geriatric at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). “If you have a pediatric why not geriatric also to provide healthcare for old people.”

De los Santos bared that she really has more plans for the health sector once given another chance to serve the people of Cebu City.  She vows to implement more worthwhile projects for the welfare and best interest especially for the poor and marginalized sectors.