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Friday, April 28, 2006
Hospital chief assures enough medical supplies
By Jane Cadalig
PATIENTS of the Benguet General Hospital (BeGH) would be expecting better health services with its operation as an economic enterprise.
This was disclosed by BeGH Administrator Esteban Piok, who said hospital clients would be assured of adequate medical supplies in their pharmacy since the health institution has now created an independent Bids and Awards Committee (BAC).
He said the creation of the hospital’s BAC would significantly improve the procurement system of the health institution.
"The acquisition of medicines for the pharmacy would now be faster because the procurement process is done here," said Piok, who is also the Provincial Health Officer of Benguet.
One of the complaints received by the hospital management, according to Piok, is the lack or absence of needed medicines in their pharmacy, which usually happens because they have to forward to the provincial BAC requests for medical supplies first.
In terms of revenue collection, the hospital chief said there has been an improvement, although only minimal.
The hospital cashier reported an income amounting to P6,482,411.52 for the first quarter this year. For the same period last year, it generated a revenue of P6,383,145.79.
BeGH is allotted a P77 million budget a year, P40 million of which is a subsidy from the provincial government.
The facility, which started operating as an economic enterprise in January this year, is expected to raise P37 million annually from its operations.
(April 28, 2006 issue)
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