Tacurong City's 679 males circumcised
HEALTH • 03:25 AM Tue Apr 14, 2015
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By:
Edwin Fernandez and Jez Billano of Tacurong City Information Office
Tacurong City government physicians from various agencies conduct 'Oplan Libreng Tuli. (Photo by Tacurong City LGU)
TACURONG CITY - Police officers, fire officers, nurses and doctors pooled resources here and conductedfree circumcision more than 670 children and teenagers.The 14-day 'Operation Libreng Tuli,' which ran from March 30 to April 12, has served 679 children in an activity spearheaded by Tacurong City health services along with the PNP, Bureau of Fire Protection, Sandig Medical Clinic and Hospital as well as nurses under theDOH-Nurse Deployment Project.The team toured in the city's 20 villages to conduct the circumcision and distribution of medicine. Salamat sa PNP at BFP sa pagpapadala ng
kanilang mga personnel na nurses din. Nakasisiguro tayong maayos at malinis na
naisagawa ang pagtutuli sa ating beneficiaries,” Tacurong CityVice Mayor Joseph
George Lechonsito. Most of the beneficiaries were indigents who waited for opportune time with finances allows to be circumcised.Lechonsito said in a private hospital, a single circumcision operation would cost P3,000. That is why we have this free circumcision program during summer because children have no classes and it helped the parents in terms of finances, Lechonsito said.