Health, Nutrition and Sanitation
Health Facilities
 Hospitals
and Clinics of the City of Tagbilaran has a combined bed capacity of 473 with
a total hospital force of 692 personnel in 8 hospitals/clinics. Only 2 are categorized
under the tertiary level, 5 under the secondary level and 1 under the primary
level. The Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH), formerly the Bohol
Provincial Hospital, accounts 225 bed patients which is 47.56 percent of the combined
bed capacity. Its personnel force of 363 is already 52.45 percent of the combined
hospital personnel. About 87.5 percent of the hospitals or 7 out of 8 are located
in the urban districts while only 1 is situated in a rural barangay.
Nutrition
The City Health Office (CHO) is responsible for the implementation of the Nutrition
Program with children from 0 to 6 years as target. There is only one reported
incident of a severely malnourished child. Tagbilaran, in 1998, has an estimated
13,809 children 6 years and below, and only 11,174 or 80 percent were actually
weighed. With the efficient implementation of the nutrition program in the city,
it was awarded the Green Banner Award, Regional Level.
Following is the Nutrition Statistics of the city, in 1998:
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Estimated Number of Pre-schoolers: 13,809
Actual Weighed: 11, 174
1st Degree Malnourished:1,916
Moderately malnourished: 216
Severely malnourished: 1
Normal: 8,689
Overweight: 352 |
Looking at the vital health statistics of the City Health Office (CHO) for the
year 1998 approximately 23 children were born to every 1,000 population while
the crude death rate is 4 persons to every 1,000 population. The number of deaths
are highest in the ages 65 years old and over. This is an indication that life
expectancy in Tagbilaran is more than 65 years old.
The most number of death cases were caused by cardio vascular accident (CVA) with
115 incidence or a rate of 155.6. Septicemia, cancer and pneumonia are
equally regarded as leading causes of deaths next to CVA with a total of 135 incidence
or an average of 59.9. Septicemia is also regarded as the number-one
killer of infants and children.
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