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Health Facilities and Services
The health care delivery services of Sipalay City are relatively available to all 17 barangays. They comprise a network of 14 Barangay Health Stations (BHSs) with one main and one sub-station; one private hospital with a 20-bed capacity; one private infirmary and 3 private clinics. They are augmented by private dental and optical clinics, drugstores and 55 Day Care centers operated by the City Government under its City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).
Health manpower resources include six doctors, one sanitary inspector, three private dentists, nine nurses and support personnel mainly found in the urban center. The Barangay Health Centers are manned by a total of 22 midwives, 260 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and trained hilots, 17 Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and 55 Day Care workers.
It is commendable that almost all barangays have at least one health center with relatively adequate staffing. Some health centers though are already dilapidated and not equipped with adequate facilities and necessary equipment. Medicines are often lacking if not available for simple treatment. For serious illnesses requiring confinement, hospital bed capacity vis-�-vis population is still grossly lacking compared to the standard of 1:500. Health manpower ratio however to population is more than sufficient at this time.
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