The delivery of basic health care services to
the general public is basically one of the primary concerns of the
city. Thus, the City of Tagaytay established a city-owned hospital
in 1997 (Ospital ng Tagaytay). It is a primary hospital providing
health services charging a minimum fee particularly to the underprivileged
patients. Other medical clinics managed/operated by NGOs such as
Project Health, Augustinian Sisters, also deliver health care services
for the city residents.
The city’s health facilities are sometimes
inadequate – particularly in terms of providing health care
services in the remote barangays. Its services cover only first-aid,
pre/post natal check-up and family planning. Hence, patients with
serious illness that need medical attention have to be brought to
the adjoining towns. Such inadequacy may be due to lack of medical
facilities/equipment as well as the ratio of medical personnel against
the number of population to be served. Another consideration would
be the topographical location of some barangays that are quite inaccessible
to any types of motor vehicles.
Record of the City Nutrition Office shows that
the Malnutrition Rate is 0.97%. After an intensive monitoring and
evaluation, the City Nutrition Council found that there are three
major causes of malnutrition in the city. Te following are the major
causes: household food shortage; poor balanced diet; and rapid increase
of population.
In general, health situation in the city is good,
since the incidence of diseases is quite minimal. Except for a mild
increase in the occurrence of scabies in 1978, no serious case of
epidemic has occurred so far.
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