Excerpt from pna.gov.ph
Residents of an island community in Iloilo province are set to benefit from better health services after One Meralco Foundation (OMF) energized an off-grid health center in the town of Concepcion.
The project involves a 1-kilowatt peak (kWp) solar photovoltaic system for the Barangay Polopiña health center, which caters to the basic medical needs of nearly 4,000 individuals residing in various sitios of the island village.
The new solar facility will energize crucial equipment that can contribute to the improvement of medical services in the community.
Health care workers can now use nebulizers critical for patients with asthma, pregnant women can now be monitored using dopplers, and cold storage for essential medicine and vaccines can now be utilized. In addition, the health center is now sufficiently lit and ventilated resulting in a more conducive environment for patients.
