Dr. Theresa D. Mariano, Municipal Health Officer in Pandan, Catanduanes, has been named Modelong Doktor by the Association of Medical Health Officers of the Philippines during the AMHOP Annual Convention in Palawan last April 30.
This is the highest award given by the association to an outstanding MHO for exemplary accomplishment and service. She bested the two other finalists from Visayas and Mindanao, Drs. Uldarico L. Babayen-on of Sebaste, Antique, and Jaime B. Magat of Bacolod, Lanao del Norte.
What is more remarkable about the youthful Dr. Mariano, who has been married for 27 years to Pandan district hospital chief Dr. Rafael Mariano, with whom she has 10 children, is the fact that she and her husband are originally from Naga City but decided to settle in Pandan to offer their medical expertise for the past 18 years.
Her notable projects include community health development for Barangay Marambong, for which she received the HAMIS Award in 1997; itinerant service provider for non-scalpel vasectomy; securing water pumps in partnership with Operation Blessing and the DVSAFI (Diocese of Virac Social Action Foundation, Inc.); facilitation of primary eye care and cataract services for senior citizens provided by Dr. Joselito Urgel; tapping the POPCOM officials for the responsible parenthood movement and adolescent health and youth development; and implementation of the renal disease program.
Dr. Mariano took up her pre-medical degree at the University of the Philippines Los Banos, and got her medical degree at the Bicol Christian College of Medicine. She holds a Masters in Public Health at UP, and some units in Masters in Management at the Catanduanes College.
The first-ever "Gawad AMHOP: Natatanging Parangal para sa Modelong Doktor" aims to give due recognition to its members who are sources of new ideas and approaches in health service delivery, and their unwavering dedication to the association and the profession, to serve as an inspiration for others to strive for excellence.
AMHOP has a 1,500-strong network of Rural Health Physicians in more than 80 provinces. These doctors are frontline health care givers, who manage to efficiently implement health programs despite pressing times and meager resources. Many of them have show faith, dedication, and enthusiasm in building public health care despite challenging working conditions.
Congrats Dra.!
Source: planetpandan.blogspot.com
Pandan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 19,005 people in 3,181 households.
HISTORY
Formerly the town site was located some two kilometers away south of the present site. Then the people were disturbed by constant depredation of bandits coming from other places.
The present site has been chosen because it was near the sea and the fishermen found it very convenient for their trade, however, being near the sea, it was vulnerable to Moros who always come to get their belongings or even capture some people.
As a defense against such moro raids, the people planted pandan shrubs close to each other to form a formidable defense against invaders. When the Spaniards came they found the plants around the poblacion in great abundance. When asked what the name of the shrubs was, the people told them that they were pandan shrubs. Thus, the Spaniards called the place Pandan.
The municipality lies on the northern tip of the province, 96 kilometers from the capital town of Virac. Bounded on the south by the municipality of Caramoran, on the west by the Maqueda Channel, on the east by the municipality of Bagamanoc and on the north by the Pacific Ocean. It has a total land area of 11,990 hectares. This is a town of 17,096 friendly and hospitable people, to which 99% are Roman Catholic.
Of the 26 barangays that comprise the municipality, four of which actually form the town proper, which are Libod, the biggest barangay in terms of population, Napo, Pandan del Sur and Pandan del Norte. The rest are found usually near the seashore. The rest being an inland barangays.
The municipality does not only boast of the natural beauties, it has which are the Parway, Mangbang, Parola beaches, the Hinik-Hinik falls (Hinik-hinik is a local term for rain shower) and Minaipit falls, but especially of its being a hometown of Senators, Congressman, Governor, Cardinal and Ambassador.
The people of Pandan are generally peace loving, God fearing and are happy people. Everyone in the community is a brother, a sister and a friend where the products of which could be shared even food itself without thought of having it repaid or reciprocated. Visitors are offered the comforts that the family could afford even it means that the owner should lay on the floor just to make the visitor eased at home by using the “papag”. And that is not enough, before going home; products of their yard would be wrapped for you to bring in your family plus a bunch of cockling chickens.
During celebrations, immediate neighbors are invited bringing among the whole members of the family and this seemed to be incomplete without tuba drinking and little dancing. Pantomina is a long cherished dance that never changes with time despite of the current dance and music. Pandananons has a series of collected pantomina songs which are now famous composed locally, of course it is not only the above songs, Pandananons used to compose, for evidence of which that gained popularity was a song composed by the late Mr. Alfredo dela Rosa, former Municipal Secretary of the Sangguniang Bayan of Pandan, entitled “Islang Catandungan”. This song won first place in the regional contest in Sorsogon sometime on the late 60’s.
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