Health is wealth and the city government take efforts in conceptualizing programs for the wellbeing of its people especially the underprivileged sector of the society.
February 15, Vice Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca spearheads the launching of Wellness Program for Progress 2009 at Don Alejandro Acuña Yap Quiña Arts and Cultural Center. More than one thousand beneficiaries from different parts of the city had been served by the program.
The program includes the following free services: consultation, free dental, minor surgery (circumcision), acupressure and haircut. Aside from these services. There are also distribution of eye glasses, Philhealth I.D. and feeding of 429 malnourished children.
The Wellness program for progress 2009 is sponsored by Vice Mayors League of the Philippines-Negros Occidental Chapter, the City government of Victorias headed by Mayor Severo A. Palanca and Mr. Albee Bantug Benitez. With laudable assistance from the Provincial Government headed Gov. Isidro Zayco, Association of Barangay Captains- Victorias City, Kaayong Lawas Foundation, 303rd Infantry Brigade Medical & Dental Team, Nelson Gerona Foundation, VIctorias City Nutrition Council, VIctorias City Health Office – Medical and Dental Team, Provincial Medical and Dental Team, Federation of VIctorias Association of Tricycle Drivers & Owners (FEVATDO), Philippine Guardians Brotherhood, Inc-Victorias Chapter, One for All, All for One Movement, Private Practioners of General Medicine & Dental Medicine, Rotary Club of Victorias, Venus Lions Club, and Philippine National Red Cross.
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