AboitizPower improves a Barangay health center in Cebu City

MINERVA BC NEWMAN

CEBU CITY – AboitizPower, a subsidiary of Cebu Private Power Corp. (CPPC) in partnership with Aboitiz Foundation and Barangay Ermita, Cebu City improved the structural look of the Barangay Health Station with some _750,000 worth of improvements that is expected to be completed in May this year.

The project seeks to provide more space to cater to additional medical assistance such as basic dental and maternity care services, including a waiting area for patients, a multipurpose shed, as well the provision of filing cabinets and medicines.

Barangay Health Nurse Flor Tibay thanked the Aboitiz Foundation for providing the barangay with a comfortable covered area for its clients. This is a big help to the Barangay Ermita Health station especially now that more residents avail of health services.

“The improvement of health and wellness facilities is important in promoting a healthy and enabled population.  A healthy population means a population that is productive and proacting in advancing their lives and of those around them,” CPPC Assistant Vice President for Operations and Maintenance Ariel Fabella said.

CPPC is scheduled to turn over this project to the barangay in May this year. By promoting better public health facilities in the barangay, residents are assured of getting their needed medical services in a more accessible way.

CPPC operates and manages an oil-fired power plant located in the heart of Cebu City, embedded within the franchise area of Visayan Electric Company, and has the unique capability to deliver power directly to the distribution utility’s circuits and its customers.

The power company is also at the forefront of community development in Ermita, having spearheaded various projects on women empowerment, livelihood, education, health and wellness, and environmental conservation, among others, through the years. (Photos: AbiotizPower/Brgy Ermita FB/Google Images)