BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) Regional Finance Service Office (RFSO) initiated a mobile health and wellness caravan at Camp Gen. Martin Teofilo Delgado in Fort San Pedro here on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The caravan offered to the personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as well as to their families the following free health services:
* PhilPEN assessment and management of lifestyle-related diseases;
* COVID-19 vaccination;
* mental health assessment;
* sexual activity assessment;
* home, education/employment, eating, activities, drugs, sexuality, suicide/depression, and safety (HEEADSSS);
* TB screening;
* HIV screening;
* eye screening;
* flu and pneumonia vaccination; and
* HPV DNA test (cervical cancer test).
“Health is wealth. Ako personally naniniwala ako doon at dahil nasa finance service kami at ginagawa namin ‘yong financial literacy at napag-usapan namin na ang ating kapulisan okay na sila financially, so ang next move is dapat alagaan naman ang kalusugan, kaya ginawa namin ang programa na ito,” said RFSO6 chief, Police Colonel Rommel Estolano.
“Truly, indeed, it (health) is a most precious asset in order to perform our mandated task. It is very demanding sa’ting mga pulis to have our good health in order to perform our duty very well. This is our biggest investment,” added Police Colone; Jaine Gonzales, chief of the Regional Medical and Dental Unit (RMDU6).
The mobile caravan targeted a total of 200 registered beneficiaries./PN