Two more birthing centers opened in Leyte

By Provincial Media Relations Center
June 22, 2012

TACLOBAN CITY  –  Two new Mother Bles Birthing Clinic were opened in Brgy. Patoc in Dagami and Brgy. Manlilisid in Javier, both far-flung villages in Leyte town.

These newly opened Mother Bles Birthing Clinic, a working public-private partnership (PPP) approach to maternal and child health care in the region, is the 32nd birthing clinic opened by the non profit, non-political social welfare organization Kakak Foundation in the province of Leyte.

“It is common that a health program perishes after the term of the politician who started it. That’s why the sustainability of health programs and services beyond the term of any politician was the top concern we have when we organized the Mother Bles Birthing Clinics (MBBC),” said Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla.

Mother Bles Birthing Clinics also support the province’s plan to fill the province with birthing centers thereby reducing maternal and infant mortality, which according to the governor, Leyte ranks high in the list of this incidence.

Gov. Petilla said these new birthing clinics will provide safe delivery for pregnant mothers not only in the barangays where it opened but also its nearby barangays.

For Dagami, the nearest hospital is in Burauen, Leyte while for Javier, the nearest hospital is in Abuyog, Leyte.

Meanwhile, the governor added, pushing for more birthing centers does not go hand in hand in promoting women to get pregnant and proper child birth spacing, thus he said, the thrust would be coupled with appropriate family planning and education especially in far-flung barangays.