To further ensure the welfare of medical frontliners, the Angeles City Government on January 10, 2023 continues to distribute reusable Personal Protective Equipment and facemasks to all of the city’s private hospitals and Rural Health Units.

Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. said that among the hospitals that received the environmentally-friendly protective equipment are Dr. Amando L. Garcia Medical Center, Holy Family Medical Center, Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Sacred Heart Medical Center, and Angeles Medical Center. 

The six RHUs in the city also received PPEs and facemasks.

Each hospital was allotted 200 PPEs and 250 facemasks which were produced through the Angeleño First Alternative Livelihood Program launched by the city government amid the pandemic.  The livelihood program aims to provide an alternative sustainable livelihood project, produce reusable PPEs and facemasks for the campaign to preserve the environment, and give the city government its own protective equipment for the city’s health workers in lieu of purchasing, says Lazatin. 

“Lahat po ng napo-produce na PPEs at facemasks mula sa livelihood project ay ibinabahagi natin sa ating mga health workers at indigent residents. Nag-hire po tayo ng 120 na mananahi para gumawa ng sarilu nating protective equipment,” he explained.

“Instead na bumili pa tayo ng mga PPEs at facemasks, napupunta na lamang yung pera sa pagpapasweldo sa inilunsad nating livelihood program para sa mga hinire nating mananahi na miyembro ng marginalized sector,” Lazatin added.

The project is being overseen by Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel and Lazatin’s Chief Adviser IC Calaguas with Angeles City Economic Development Investment and Promotions Office (ACEDIPO) and Public Employment Services Office (PESO).

Manuel also shared that the 120 homebased mananahi women hired for the project are mostly solo parents, persons with disability (PWDs), stay-at-home parents, and members of women’s group. 

They are to produce reusable PPEs and facemasks intended for the city’s health workers and indigent residents, with the designs and patterns freely provided by 17 Angeleño designers namely Rich Sabinian, Rosette Ramos-Biag, Danica Zita, Manny Ocampo, Stephen Victoriano, Jhune Angeles, Joey Feliciano, Bhry Adefuin, Jojo Macapinlac, Mich Viray, Carl Miranda, Cholo Ayuyao, Richard Hill, Rop Syquia, Philip Dizon Torres, Marlon Tuazon, and Frederick Policarpio.

Members of the ACEDIPO, led by Officer-In-Charge Irish Bonus-Llego, headed the distribution of reusable PPEs and facemasks.