AMPATUAN, Maguindanao – More than 270 individuals have benefitted in the medical and dental outreach program the military conducted in remote village here and those from nearby Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat province on Monday.
Lt. Colonel Lauro Oliveros, commander of the Army’s 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion (MIB), led his officers and men in serving the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Barangay Marquez here and adjacent villages in Esperanza.
The outreach program was supported by the provincial government of Sultan Kudarat through the provincial mobile hospital with Dr. Rex Archangel Lamprea and his nurses in attendance.
“It was a successful outreach activity and the IPs were elated with the gesture,” Oliveros said in a statement.
“We are glad that we made them happy and healthy,” he added.
The services rendered were medical consultation, dental and circumcision operation, free haircut and free reading glasses for the elders.
The medical mission ended up with a total of 272 beneficiaries. Oliveros said all the beneficiaries were Indigenous People who have very limited or no access to health services at all.
The Army battalion commander said similar activities are being prepared for more communities, especially in far-flung areas where medical services could hardly reach. (PNA)
