SEN. Bong Go has partnered with local government officials to help over 1,000 poor residents from various sectors in Tarragona, Davao Oriental.
The senator provided aid to indigent students, barangay health workers, barangay tanods, tribal council members, fisherfolk, youth leaders, and vendors.Go distributed shirts, masks and vitamins to the 1,666 beneficiaries. Some of them received basketballs, volleyballs, bags, mobile phones, and a watch.'Do not thank us. In fact, we should be the ones to thank you because you gave us the opportunity to be of service to you,' Go said in Filipino.
Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, also urged the residents to take advantage of the medical help offered by the Malasakit Center at Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center in the city.He said the Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop designed to streamline medical assistance programs from various government agencies and help indigent patients with their hospital bills.
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