RC Creative City Baguio continues to help advance rural health in Benguet with partner hospital

The Rotary Club of Creative City Baguio disease, prevention and treatment

projects in Benguet with partner hospital continue to help advance rural health making a significant impact in the community.

Its three-phased projects providing health equity are benefiting more and more patients in the said municipality and its adjoining towns including Tinoc, Ifugao

Based on data, almost 21,000 individuals are expected beneficiaries annually for the said projects.

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For the phase 1 project Trauma Emergency Infrastructure or the brand-new ambulance turned over by the club under the leadership then of this writer on February 28, 2026 there are at least 3,392 expected trauma patients who will benefit on the "Wheels of Life" program.

On the other hand, 7,320 expected diagnostic patients are beneficiaries for the phase 2 Clinical Competency Infrastructure project through the phlebotomy & trauma tools handed over by the club’s current president Samson Amistad on July 1, 2026.

Moreover, On the Diagnostic Preservation Infrastructure 3rd phase of the project through the laboratory refrigerator handed over to the hospital representatives on August 28, 2026, at least 10,188 are expected diagnostic patients. 

The club’s adopted hospital caters to the 45,703 residents of Buguias and its core farming barangays of Loo, Bangao, and Baculongan Sur including the neighboring towns of Mankayan with 38,647 residents, Atok with 19,346 residents, Bokod with 16,071 residents, Kabayan with 15,841 residents, and Bakun with 15,399 residents. The health institution is also serving Tinoc, Ifugao which has 18,749 residents.

Disease prevention and treatment is one of Rotary International’s Seven Areas of Focus which aims to improve global health and reduce poverty.

Written by: IPP Alah Soledad M. Sungduan