Post by dodger on Jul 14, 2013 9:19:15 GMT
NPA conducts people’s clinic in Samal.
www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20130707/npa-conducts-people-s-clinic-in-samar
The New People’s Army (NPA) provided medical services to some 300 individuals from seven villages in Samar province in May and June. The patients were physically examined and provided dental, acupuncture and reflexology treatment, given eye refraction tests, and with some undergoing minor surgery. Free medicines were provided to 226 individuals. Half of the beneficiaries were children.
The peasant masses’ poor health conditions were proof that the Aquino regime was hardly providing basic services, despite its much-vaunted conditional cash transfer program or 4Ps. The villagers’ most common health complaints such as ulcers, myalgia, anemia and primary complex in children were all traceable to their poverty and hunger. The barriofolks’ medical needs were not being met, despite a P30,000 health budget for every barangay.
Poor peasants like Tatay Lando and Lola Nelia were elated with the medical services provided by the NPA. All his life, 58-year old Tatay Lando had only gone twice to the town center to see a doctor. In one of these consultations, he spent more than P100 for transportation fare and P300 for the doctor’s fee. He also had to spend for food. With all these expenses, he was no longer able to buy the medicines prescribed by the doctor. In a span of three to four months, he would be lucky to earn P1,400 from his mung bean crop—that is, if he is able to harvest up to 70 kilos and if he could sell this for P40 per kilo. He gets only half of the income, with the other half going to loan sharks. Merchants would also often underbuy his produce. Thus, he was so grateful for the free medical attention given to him by the NPA. He was given prescription glasses, acupuncture treatment and free medicines. Seventy-three year old Lola Nelia, on the other hand, had a lipoma on her calf examined. She was so happy with the people’s clinic that despite being a poor and elderly peasant, she gave a donation to the NPA, and praised the guerrillas for their service to the people.
The successful activity was undertaken through the cooperation of the NPA and mass organizations from various guerrilla fronts. It also served as training for the comrades and the masses to hone their abilities regarding health and medical matters. The people’s clinic aimed not only to address the lack of medical attention but to train comrades and mass organizations in medical work and improve their capabilities, from applying cures to making herbal medicines.
Another objective was to stress to the people the importance of preventive health care and self-reliance, with the mass movement as the key to realizing this aim.
The people’s militia actively joined in providing security for the four-day activity by conducting reconnaissance, posting guards and ensuring the smooth flow of communication.
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The above account is but a small part of the mass movement on one Island in this Archipelago--7,000 in all.
What of the towns and cities?
www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20130707/npa-conducts-people-s-clinic-in-samar
The New People’s Army (NPA) provided medical services to some 300 individuals from seven villages in Samar province in May and June. The patients were physically examined and provided dental, acupuncture and reflexology treatment, given eye refraction tests, and with some undergoing minor surgery. Free medicines were provided to 226 individuals. Half of the beneficiaries were children.
The peasant masses’ poor health conditions were proof that the Aquino regime was hardly providing basic services, despite its much-vaunted conditional cash transfer program or 4Ps. The villagers’ most common health complaints such as ulcers, myalgia, anemia and primary complex in children were all traceable to their poverty and hunger. The barriofolks’ medical needs were not being met, despite a P30,000 health budget for every barangay.
Poor peasants like Tatay Lando and Lola Nelia were elated with the medical services provided by the NPA. All his life, 58-year old Tatay Lando had only gone twice to the town center to see a doctor. In one of these consultations, he spent more than P100 for transportation fare and P300 for the doctor’s fee. He also had to spend for food. With all these expenses, he was no longer able to buy the medicines prescribed by the doctor. In a span of three to four months, he would be lucky to earn P1,400 from his mung bean crop—that is, if he is able to harvest up to 70 kilos and if he could sell this for P40 per kilo. He gets only half of the income, with the other half going to loan sharks. Merchants would also often underbuy his produce. Thus, he was so grateful for the free medical attention given to him by the NPA. He was given prescription glasses, acupuncture treatment and free medicines. Seventy-three year old Lola Nelia, on the other hand, had a lipoma on her calf examined. She was so happy with the people’s clinic that despite being a poor and elderly peasant, she gave a donation to the NPA, and praised the guerrillas for their service to the people.
The successful activity was undertaken through the cooperation of the NPA and mass organizations from various guerrilla fronts. It also served as training for the comrades and the masses to hone their abilities regarding health and medical matters. The people’s clinic aimed not only to address the lack of medical attention but to train comrades and mass organizations in medical work and improve their capabilities, from applying cures to making herbal medicines.
Another objective was to stress to the people the importance of preventive health care and self-reliance, with the mass movement as the key to realizing this aim.
The people’s militia actively joined in providing security for the four-day activity by conducting reconnaissance, posting guards and ensuring the smooth flow of communication.
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The above account is but a small part of the mass movement on one Island in this Archipelago--7,000 in all.
What of the towns and cities?
