ANGELES CITY — Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. on March 11, 2025 officially opened two primary care facilities in Barangays Pulung Maragul and Malabanias as part of the city government’s efforts in ensuring quality health care services for all Angeleños.
The construction of the primary health care units will provide Angeles City with the ideal number of primary care facilities for its population.
The city government allotted P55 million for the construction of additional nine primary care facilities in the city.
“With a population of 450,000, Angeles City must have 15 primary health care units,” Lazatin said.
Inside the newly-opened primary care facilities are dental rooms with dental chair and equipment, consultation rooms, laboratory rooms, physician’s rooms, pantries, storage rooms, and pharmacies with readily available medicines.
Mayor Lazatin is also set to inaugurate two more primary health care units in Barangays Tabun and Cutud on March 12.
Meanwhile, five additional primary health care units in Barangays Pulungbulu, Anunas, Capaya, Amsic, and Balibago are also set to be opened this year, which will bring up the total of primary care facilities into 15.
When Lazatin assumed office in 2019, the city government only had six primaty health care facilities in Barangays Pandan, Sto. Domingo, Lourdes Northwest, Lourdes Sur East, Balibago, and Pulung Cacutud.
The city government also hired additional doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and dental aides to make the health services offered to Angeleños more efficient.