By Katrina Gracia Consebido
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will improve its health and medical services by building a three-storey hospital building.
The soon-to-rise new building of the Camp General Nakar Station Hospital had its groundbreaking ceremony at the headquarters of Southern Luzon Command in Lucena, Quezon led by AFP chief of staff Lt.Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro.
The hospital building will have 25-bed capacity with full complement and capability of a Level 1 hospital, and can cater in and out patients, emergency, and ancillary services.
In his speech, Bacarro highlighted that the soldiers, as front liners in protecting the country, also need medical care and assistance.
“Our job as soldiers entails great perils and risks to our lives, especially for our operating troops who confront armed threat groups to protect the communities here in Southern Tagalog,” Bacarro said.
“Thus, it is imperative that they be given top-notch medical and health services for them to maintain fit bodies and sound minds and receive the best immediate medical treatment should their lives be put on the line in the performance of their duties,” he added.
The hospital was a joint project of the Department of National Defense and the Department of Public Works and Highways through Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) Program. – ag
