MANILA HEALTH DEAPRTMENT Profile
MANILA HEALTH DEAPRTMENT Profile
MANILA HEALTH DEAPRTMENT Profile
Working Arm of the City Government of Manila, Delivering Primary Health Care
Services
The Department of Health and Welfare in the City of Manila, later renamed MANILA
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, was established by Commonwealth Act 561 on July 1, 1940.
Being the health provider of the City of Government of Manila to the City residents
especially the urban poor, it is equipped with accessible various facilities such as
• 51 Health Centers
• 12 Lying-In-Clinics
• 4 Community Reference Infirmaries
• 1 Satellite Clinic
• 4 Flying Squads Stations
• 1 City Government Employees Clinic
• 1 Geriatric Clinic
• 1 Insect and Vermin Control Office
• 1 Public Health Laboratory
• 2 Cemeteries (North and South)
• 1 Venereal Disease Clinic
• 1 Drug Rehabilitation/Treatment Clinic
• 1 Mortuary Complex
The Department is guided by the Vision: To be a strong and dominant force in the health
care system of Manila by providing high standard of health care services and inspired by
the Mission: To conduct health care services in the highest form of professionalism
guided by the high standards of competence, integrity and excellence..
I. THRUST PROGRAMS
Maternal and Child Health
1. Maternal Care Pre and Post Natal Check-up
Provisions of Vitamin A and Iron
Delivery in 12 Lying-in Clinics
Tetanus Toxoid Immunization
Newborn Screening
2. Safe Motherhood and Women’s
Pre-Marital and Responsible Parenthood
Health
Counseling
3. Expanded Program on Pap’s Smear
Immunization (EPI)
Vaccination on BCG, DPT, OPV, AMV,
Hepatitis B
Supplemental Immunization for Polio and
Measles
4. Control of Diarrheal Diseases (CDD)
Health education
Medical-Dental consultation and treatment
Health inspections of classroom and school
premises
Annual P.E. of students, athletes, teachers
and other school personnel
Special programs and projects. Adolescent
II. SPECIALIZED SERVICES Counseling, Drug Abuse Education
1. Community Reference Infirmaries Program and others
Half-way hospital
Minor surgical operations
Rehydration therapy
ECG and chest X-ray
Ultrasonography
2. Lying-in-Clinics including Flying Oxygenation
Squads and Domiciliary Obstetrical Nebulization therapy
Services (DOS) Simple laboratory examination (urine tests,
blood typing, sputum microscopy)
Derma, Cauterization
Epidemiological Investigation
6. Community Outreach Diseases Surveillance
Vital Statistics
Foodhandlers’ classes
13. Disaster /Emergency Management Issuance of Health Certificate to food and
non-foodhandlers
Sputum microscopy
14. Pro-Choice Movement Chest X-ray
Garbage recycling
Herbal and vegetable gardening
Tree planting
Budget Allocation:
Of the Php566 million allocated budget for the department for the year 2010, 88% was
allotted for Personnel Services. It is to be noted that the nature of services rendered by
public health workers requires great demand for manpower since target clients involve
not only individual patients but the whole family and the community as well, 12% was
appropriated for MOOE with zero Capital Outlay had no allocation for this period.
Manpower Services
The Department has an actual manpower of 1,257, eighty three percent (83%) of the
plantilla personnel of 1,510, which were maximally utilized to render utmost services.
Manpower Complement:
• Physician 157
• Dentist 149
• Nurses 183
• Midwives 105
• Medical Technologist 50
• Sanitation Inspector 69
• Nutritionist/Dietitian 4
• Others 540
Presently, the Manila Health Department adopted an organizational structure which
consists of three major services such as:
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE:
DIRECTORY OF MANILA HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Division of Administration MS. LOURDES O. TECSON
524-92-51
Personnel Section MS. MARIA LIWAYWAY A. PALOR
521-66-18
Property Section MS. ROSALINA VASALLO
527-78-06
Finance Section MS. VILMA L. BRAVO (OIC)
525-66-29
Records Section MS. ROSALINA B. REYES
527-09-15
Transportation & General Services Section MR. ROMEO ORLANDA
711-98-39
AS OF NOVEMBER 2010
PROGRAM COORDINATOR/S
CONTACT NO.
1. MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH (MCH) Dr. ROLINDA R.
GANTE, Over-all Coordinator 527-50-39
a) MCH, Child Health, CARI & Breastfeeding Ms. NELIA
SUSAN RAFAEL/Ms. CONCEPCION YUSOP 527-50-39
b) Nutrition Dr. ROSALINA R. TAN
467-29-75
Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis Dr. ESTHER PERALTA/Ms.
ELIZABETH ABRIL 711-28-49
c) Reproductive Health Safe Motherhood Dr. CRISELDA
COROZA/Ms. AMELIA MCKAY 526-87-12
And Women’s Health
SERRANO 527-49-41
MENDOZA 711-69-42
MANESE 781-73-98
527-50-39
III 527-49-50
GARCIA 527-08-90
DUMAYAS 527-49-60
h) Modified Field Services Information System Dr. MA.
LYNNETTE J. GEMPERLE 527-50-05
Mr. ALBERTO G. BAUTISTA
400-02-61
MACABUDBUD 527-09-04
467-29-75
781-73-98
525-09-04