US Navy to conduct humanitarian medical-dental and engineering mission in Samar

By NINFA B. QUIRANTE (PIA Samar)
May 9, 2008

CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar  –  The United States Navy (USN) will conduct a humanitarian medical- dental and engineering mission in Samar in May and June 2008.

This was learned from Department of Health (DOH) representative Neliosa Guarda.

Guarda, a nurse by profession said that some US Navy personnel led by Lt. John McCombs met with Calbayog City Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento early this year to plan the humanitarian mission.

The Samar Dream Team is set to repair the Main Health Center of Barangay Capoocan in Calbayog City, the Municipal Health Office of Sta. Margarita, Samar, construct septic tanks in Greenland Subdivision in Rawis, Calbayog City, construct a water system for Gandara District Hospital in Gandara and repair a Botika ng Barangay in Sta. Margarita, the information revealed.

In addition, the team will conduct a medical-dental mission at the San Isidro Central Elementary School, San Isidro, N. Samar on June 1 and 2 and in Gandara Central Elementary School, Gandara, Samar on June 4-5, 2008.

The same team will move on to Sta. Margarita National High School, Sta. Margarita, Samar on June 7-8; and in Calbayog Herman Gmeiner Elementary School in Calbayog City on June 10-13, 2008.

As the construction of the engineering component will take some time, the USN will be arriving to Calbayog City and its environs early this May.

The medical-dental activities will then run in June and is set to finish on the 14th  of June when the whole team will be fetched by the US Navy Ship in Calbayog City , the report said.