Llorente, Eastern Samar has No Municipal Doctors
January 21st, 2008 | by Ced Solidon |It would be a bad idea to get sick in Llorente, Eastern Samar nowadays. It is because The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports it as one of the municipalities in Eastern Visayas that is without a doctor.
In an interview with the said newspaper, Genelyn Herrera, coordinator of the Pinoy MD Program, pointed to the lack of funds as a major reason why Llorente and others are unable to hire municipal doctors.
Other municipalities without a municipal doctor are Pinabacdao, Jiabong, Tarangnan, Talalora, Daram, Pagsanjan, Matuginao, Sto. Niño, Almagro, Tagapul-an and Gandara in Samar; San Francisco, Macrohon and Silago in Southern Leyte; Mapanas and Biri in Northern Samar; Llorente in Eastern Samar; and the island municipality of Maripipi in Biliran.
You can read the rest of the Inquirer’s article by following this link.
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Ced Solidon started the team blog. He currently works as a freelance writer. Aside from that, he also maintains a writing blog, Write Like a Rock Star! He loves to read books and play music.
31 Responses to “Llorente, Eastern Samar has No Municipal Doctors”
By bok22 on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
anu na mga samarnon…taragay kita
By aima on Feb 24, 2008 | Reply
mayda naman kami mga doctors..private nga lang..mayda ngani nam private hospital..damu pa naman it nahuhuwasan hit sakit ha llorente….
By john on Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
balikad ini nga waray nam doctor,,, actually we do have a lot of professional and licensed physicians.
By Ced Solidon on Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
I think Municipal doctors iton ginrerefer han original nga news item.
By Charlyn Gopole/Polster on May 6, 2008 | Reply
Dri oton ungud nga wara doctors ha llorente eastern samar,ang too nyan maraming dctor ang problima kulng hin mga equipments it hospitals ha llorente.kaya pag may grabi it sakit dri kailangan pa ikadto ha borongan or tacloban kay kulng man hra hit equipments.laugud pagburoblig kita hionong hini!
By Ced Solidon on May 7, 2008 | Reply
…tapos pag-abot ha borongan kulang liwat it gamit. hehe.
By sandz on May 13, 2008 | Reply
tas pagdatong ha tacloban kulang liwat dadaman it gamit…. haha
By amiel the great on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply
Kon physicians it iyo gintuturoy ha amon bungto,Llorente, Eastern Samar, damo gad it amon physicians. Labot la hit physician ha Llorente Munipal Hospital, mayda daman namon mga physicians hit Baconawa hospital.
Actually, ayos gad la kon adi ka ha amon pagkakasakit kay damo it options kon hain ka magpapatambal. Mayda namon physician, tambalan ngan barangan. Depende na hit custom hit usa nga pamilya. Damo daman it amon mga tanum didi nga it tawag, HERBAL MEDICINES.
Asya la it ak masisiring.
Mabugway nga lawas ha iyo ngatanan.
By mara magnon on Jun 23, 2008 | Reply
maupay nga adlaw dadaman han mga taga eastern samar.
just little bit curious on aima and amiel. r u guys related?
anyway, i’m just interested on those BARANGAN in ur town. can they cure permanently those EASTERN SAMAR highly corrupt officials in Kapitolyo and in Congress para me budget na para hit Municipal Doctors niyo ngahit hospitals equipment? Hehehe…
By frenskei on Aug 7, 2008 | Reply
mga kasangkayan ko ha eastern samar maupay nga adlaw ha iyo ngatanan..magandang itong website nyo salamat..keep up on your good work sa mga may-ari nitong website..thank again.
By eric on Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
hi,ced. kumusta? medyo maiha na nga wara ak makaabri hini nga blog. yeah, i agree, we should find a way how to keep contributions coming. i’m willing to help. ha pagtikang, i would suggest that you only accept straight news, brief features and comments on this blog. a literary blog can be another project. what we need at this time are journalists who can report and comment on what’s happening in the province. this way, we can raise the bar of discussions on issues related to its development and think up of things we can do for the province.
By Ced Solidon on Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
Maupay nga adlaw frenskei. Salamat han pag-suporta. Feel free to contribute news, stories, pictures, etc to our site!
Eric: Kumusta? Yes, it’s been a while. In beginning, it was meant to be a straight news site of sorts. An problema la kay guti an sources. So the focus shifted to anything and everything there is about Eastern Samar, from news to literary pieces. Medyo naging literary an iya focus because of Fhen’s huge contributions hiton iya mga siday. Still, it would be great to have fresh news and features here para hiton aton mga kasangkayan nga wara ha Este yana.
It would also be great to have a team of journalists who will help us with news. That way, we don’t have to depend on secondary sources of information such as The Inquirer, Star and other newspapers. But that of course costs money, bisan na man la guti nga honorarium hiton mga nag-cocontribute. And money is something that I don’t have a lot of. Hehe.
Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Let’s see what we can do with the suggestions you’ve just given.
By eric on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
ced, why not solicit contributions from pia-eastern samar or from fr. cyrain? or maybe ask permission from leyte-samar daily to copy paste news on eastern samar that appear in their site? some priests in the diocese would make good columnists. surfers will make good travel writers. profiles of estehanons worth emulating will be good pieces. and expenditure reports of lgus will be interesting. i don’t know how feasible, wara manggud ak ha at, maybe you can link up with school papers in the province and tap student writers. what’s in it for them? opportunity to get published in the web and exposure in community journalism. i dunno how attractive.
By Ced Solidon on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
That’s a fantastic idea really. Funny but you made me realize this blog hasn’t reached out to as many people yet. I’ll try to cook up some plans based on your suggestions. Thanks as always!
By Niknok_Cepeda on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
hey, blano! been in borongan and made a lot of observation… can i write something about it?
By Ced Solidon on Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
Blano, long time. Was in Borongan too about two weeks ago. Sure, type away as you please.
By aima on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply
amiel bugto ta ngay an ikaw hehe…
By By alona on Sep 14, 2008 on Sep 14, 2008 | Reply
hi! I’ a new memeber of this site..ask ko lang po..bakit nila na say na walang doctors sa Llorente? It’s a big lie…
By Ced Solidon on Sep 14, 2008 | Reply
I think municipal doctor an ginrerefer han news. Although medyo maiha na in nga news. The last time I heard, mayda na.
By By alona on Sep 14, 2008 on Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
Ah..Talaga?? Miha na ngay an it nga news??
By By alona on Sep 14, 2008 on Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
Ah..i see… pero dako it nga buwa nga waray doctors ha Llorente..
By samrayan ha tabok on Sep 18, 2008 | Reply
u r rite mr ced. . . d commnt s refring 2 d municpal doc2rs…220 yan mrming doc2rs s llorente,but dey prctice der proffsions in mnila wer dey obviuosly earn milions more !!dey tried 2 bcame doc2rs ,not 2 serv d poor,but 4 d rich,dba? pra ano pa kung konti lang din ang atik,noh? . . .kya jan ako nde blib sa mga doc2rs nmen ng llorente…puro pkitang tao lang !!
By mariz on Oct 5, 2008 | Reply
This is in reference with your article re: Llorente, no medical doctors posted last January 21st, this year. For the record, Llorente has certified medical practitioners in Llorente Community Hospital (run by the Provincial government), Baconawa Hospital(privately owned)and Rural Health Unit(Sentrong Sigla awardee since 2000). To further set the record straight, the MHO of LGU-Llorente vacated her post sometime in July 2007. The municipal government immediately posted said vacancy for local residents who are licensed physicians, HOWEVER, nobody applied inspite of the efforts of its local policymakers to lure prospective applicants, regardless of political affiliation. Hence, the municipal government never waived its mandate to serve its constituents. Three months later, a newly hired MHO runs the facility and goes full swing until now.
By joey on Oct 5, 2008 | Reply
LGU-LLORENTE never experienced lack of funds in hiring a Municipal Health Oficer. It regularly allocates sufficient funds in its Annual budget as reflected in its Annual Investment Plan.
By kyut on Oct 5, 2008 | Reply
PAHUWAY KA! Kadi ha Llorente pakilala ta ikaw mga doctor dide! Ayaw ig single out it amon town kay ig declare ka nam nga persona non grata dide ha Lanang.
By Ced Solidon on Oct 6, 2008 | Reply
Again, this is old news, look at the date. Mayda ko nakaistorya nga sangkay ko nga iton nanay natrabaho ha municipal nga hospital and he told me nga okay na kuno an sitwasyon. And the article talks about the town not having a MUNICIPAL doctor at the time. Ngan ayaw hiton nga pagka persona non grata, dako gud nga parte han ak HS years iton Lanang.
By rexlee on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply
haiz..dire 8 ungod… as a citezen of this municipality, we are proud of ours.8 s juzt a philosopy of hipocrecy. We have that doctors, actually we have a private hospital,im hapi bieng a lanangnon…..aton ine hehehehe
By Fhen Macabasag on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply
Klarado iton punto ni Ced. Unta magin klarado ini gihapon ha mga manbarasa ug “commentator” han nasabi nga repost article. =]
By Ced Solidon on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply
Salamat Fhen.
By Gil on Oct 21, 2008 | Reply
Hi samarenyos..just happened to find this article by accident…but anyway, it’s good to know that you are all concern of Llorente which is my birthplace…Thanks to you Ced Solidon for starting this team blog.
By Ced Solidon on Oct 21, 2008 | Reply
Welcome to the site, Gil. As they always say, ‘balik balik la.’