TARLAC CITY – Around 700 residents of the provincial capital, mostly children and elderly, recently received free medical assistance from the city government and Starkey Hearing Foundation.
“Hearing defects prevents so many people from enjoying a normal life. We hope that with this project, our constituents can enjoy life with full auditory perception,” Mayor Cristy Angeles said in a statement.
During the activity, free hearing aids and lifetime batteries were distributed to those who were screened and determined to be in need.
Aside from the hearing disorder treatment, other medical assistance offered include cleft palate and cataract operations, open-heart surgery in India, provision of prosthetics, new-born kits, reading glasses, wheelchairs, and crutches and other assistive devices.
City Health Officer Carmela Go expressed gratitude to partners that provided significant assistance to the residents especially those who don’t have capacity to avail medical support.
“We are very privileged to receive these kinds of services aimed at providing assistance to every Filipino. We hope that these efforts will continuously execute to help of a lot of people,” Go added. (CLJD/CJVF-PIA 3)