MASANTOL -- Some 600 residents from five villages here recently benefitted from a medical and dental mission organized by the Rotary Club of Southern Pampanga at the Tarik Suliman High School.
According to rotarian and board member Nelson Calara, the medical and dental mission aims to provide health assistance to indigent people of Masantol and nearby towns.
He stressed that residents of villages in the left bank portion of Pampanga River, specifically villages Alauli, Balibago, Bagang, Nigui, Sagrada and Sapang Kawayan are prioritized due to the remoteness of the area from any medical institution.
As a native of Barangay Nigui himself, Calara said that he personally witnessed the unavailability of proper and immediate medical attention in the area.
He stressed that medical and dental practitioners provided free medical check-up and dental services to the residents, as well as medicines prescribed to them by doctors.
“Hangga’t kaya natin makatulong sa nangangailangan at may mga handang tumulong sa atin para makapagbigay ng tulong, gagawin natin yan. Hindi lang po dahil isa akong public servant, pero dahil alam ko ang pangangailangan nila,” he said.
Sagrada village chief Mario Canilao expressed his gratitude to the members of the Rotary Club of Southern Pampanga for extending their resources to their village.
“Malaking tulong po ito sa mga kababayan natin. Lalo na ngayon panahon ng tag-ulan, uso ang sakit kaya kailangang-kailangan po talaga,” he said.