Public Pharmacies…
…providing accessible and cheap medicines

One of the most outstanding achievements of the Ocampos Administration is the implementation of the Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA), which addresses the basic health concerns of the Misamisnons especially the less-privileged ones. The HISRA focuses itself on four (4) main components namely the (1) Social Insurance; (2) Drug Management; (3) Hospital Reforms; and (4) Public Health.
 
To answer the need for cheaper drugs and medicines, the Provincial Government through the Provincial Health Office installed PUBLIC PHARMACIES to three (3) Government Hospitals namely the Calamba District Hospital; the Doña Maria D. Tan Memorial Hospital in Tangub City; and the Misamis Occidental Provincial Hospital in Oroquieta City.
 
Through the Parallel Drug Importation, these Public Pharmacies will be able to sell drugs and medicines “very much cheaper” that what is being sold at the drug counters. An antibiotic capsule for example, which costs ten pesos, may now be bought at five to six pesos.