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RHU PILAR, pilar surigao del norte, Pilar (2026)

17/09/2026

🩸 Activity Report: Blood Donation Activity
🗓️ Date of Event: September 16, 2026
📍 Venue: Function Hall, Pilar Municipal Gymnasium, Pilar, Surigao del Norte

Organizer: Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Pilar Collaborating Partner: Caraga Regional Hospital Blood Bank Supporting Partner & Sponsor: Rotary Club of Central Siargao

1. Executive Summary
On September 16, 2026, the Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Pilar, in close collaboration with the Caraga Regional Hospital Blood Bank and with the support and sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Central Siargao, successfully conducted a Blood Donation Activity at the Function Hall of the Pilar Municipal Gymnasium. The initiative aimed to address the continuous demand for safe blood products in the region, replenish local blood reserves, and raise community awareness regarding the lifesaving impact of voluntary blood donation.

2. Event Highlights and Results
The activity drew strong participation from community members, local government officials, and volunteers across the municipality. Thorough pre-screening, health checks, and hemoglobin tests were performed by qualified medical professionals from the RHU Pilar and the Caraga Regional Hospital Blood Bank to ensure donor safety and quality assurance.

✨ • Total Registered/Recruited Potential Donors: 57 individuals
✨ • Successful Blood Donors: 47 individuals
✨ • Deferred Donors: 10 individuals (due to temporary medical or health deferrals such as low hemoglobin, blood pressure issues, and recent vaccination status)

The collection yielded 47 units of whole blood, which were immediately processed and transferred under proper cold-chain storage to the Caraga Regional Hospital Blood Bank.

3. Collaborative Efforts and Partner Roles
• Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Pilar: Led local mobilization, donor pre-registration, logistics coordination, and venue preparation, alongside providing medical staff for registration and post-donation monitoring.
• Caraga Regional Hospital Blood Bank: Provided technical expertise, blood collection equipment, screening tools, and phlebotomists, ensuring all collections adhered to standard medical safety guidelines.
• Rotary Club of Central Siargao: Served as the event sponsor, providing an additional token of appreciation consisting of 5 kg of rice to each of the first 25 successful donors, in addition to supporting venue logistics and volunteer management.

4. Key Benefits of Voluntary Blood Donation
Voluntary blood donation provides vital benefits to both the recipient community and the donor:

📸 Photo Credits

15/09/2026

🩸 BE A HERO. GIVE BLOOD. SAVE LIVES! ❤️

You can be someone’s hope today! 🩹

Join our Blood Letting Activity 2026 by the Rural Health Unit of PILAR, in collaboration with Siargao Island Medical Center, Caraga Regional Hospital, and Rotary Club of Central Siargao.

Ang RHU Pilar nagdapit sa tanang boluntaryo nga gusto mag-donate og dugo sa umaabot nga Blood Donation Activity karong

📅 Date: September 16, 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Venue: RHU Pilar
Ang inyong paghatag og dugo usa ka dakong tabang aron makaluwas og kinabuhi sa mga pasyente nga nagkinahanglan, sama sa mga naa sa emergency, operasyon, ug mga inahan sa pagpanganak.

✅ WHO CAN DONATE?
📋

1. Edad 18 hangtod 65 y.o.
2. Timbang na 50 kls. pataas.
3. Maayo ang panglawas.
4. Dili buntis ug wala magpasuso.
5. Wala nag-inom ug alcohol sulod sa 24 oras.
6. Maximum sa Blood Pressure 160/100.

Unsa ang mga dakong benipisyo?
1. Ang donor makabalo kung naay diperensya ang iyang dugo.
2. Mo ubos ang chansa sa heart attack ug stroke.
3. Ang karaan nga dugo pulihan ug bag-o ug presko nga dugo.
4. Hinungdan nga ubos ang risgo sa makamatay nga sakit na cancer.
5. Makatabang aron mo ubos ang timbang.
6. Mo baba ang cholesterol level.
7. Sa imong pagdonate, naa kay 3 ka kinabuhi nga naluwas.

Your Blood Save Life. Be A Hero🩸❤️

26/08/2026

❤️‍🩹 On August 19, 2026, the Rural Health Unit of Pilar
(RHU-Pilar) conducted an adolescent health initiative titled "Empowering Youth through Peer Education"🧒 👭 at the Pilar Municipal Gymnasium.

The activity brought together Senior High School students (Grades 11 and 12) from both Pilar National High School and Caridad National High School. 🏫
❤️‍🩹 The campaign aimed to equip students with accurate health information and empower them to serve as peer educators and advocates within their school communities. ❤️‍🩹

Key Topics Covered
🧠 * Mental Health & Well-being: Focused on destigmatizing mental health issues among adolescents. Speakers discussed managing academic and social stress, recognizing early warning signs of anxiety and depression, adopting healthy coping mechanisms, and accessing local counseling resources.
♀️ * Reproductive Health: Addressed adolescent development, bodily autonomy, and responsible decision-making. Discussions highlighted the physical and socio-economic risks of teenage pregnancy, setting personal boundaries, and utilizing adolescent-friendly health services provided by the RHU.
👫 * HIV/AIDS & STI Awareness: Educated participants on the transmission pathways and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. The session focused on debunking common myths, reducing social stigma surrounding PLWHIV (People Living with HIV), and highlighting the importance of voluntary testing and early medical intervention.

Through interactive lectures, open discussions, and distributed health information kits, the campaign established a strong foundation for student-led peer support networks across both participating high schools.

19/08/2026

🫁 TUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS :Promoting Respiratory Health at Brgy. CARIDAD, Pilar SDN

The health drive continued into the next day, August 14, as the RHU Pilar team moved to the shores of Barangay Caridad Beach for a Tuberculosis (TB) Awareness Outreach.
Gathering local residents and visitors alike, health workers held educational sessions explaining the common signs and symptoms of TB, highlighting that the disease is both preventable and fully curable with timely treatment. Community members were strongly encouraged to participate in active case-finding efforts to protect their households and neighbors.

The beachside outreach yielded concrete results: 8 patients step forward and submitted sputum samples for laboratory TB testing, marking a vital success in local case detection and community disease management.

A Continuing Commitment to Public Health
Through focused community outreach and strong partnerships with the DOH, RHU Pilar continues to demonstrate that proactive care and accessible health education remain key drivers in safeguarding the health and well-being of Pilarnons.

19/08/2026

RHU Pilar Community Wellness: Drives Cervical Cancer Awareness 🌿

PILAR, SURIGAO DEL NORTE — The Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Pilar launched a two-day health outreach mission across local barangays on August 13 and 14, 2026, delivering essential preventative health services and education directly to the community.

👭 Empowering Women in Brgy. Maasin: Cervical Cancer Early Detection ♀️

The initiative kicked off on the morning of August 13 in Barangay Maasin, focusing on women’s reproductive health and cervical cancer prevention. The health staff conducted an intensive Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) campaign aimed at breaking stigma and encouraging preventative care.

Joining the local RHU team was Mr. Janos Leo Gorgolon Andanar, RN, DMO IV from the Department of Health (DOH), who lent expert guidance on the importance of regular screenings and early clinical intervention.

Following the educational session, health staff transitioned to the Maasin Barangay Health Station to conduct Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) screenings. Local women availed of the quick, non-invasive procedure, taking a proactive step toward early detection and personal wellness.

19/06/2026

❤️‍🩹 RHU Pilar x PhilHealth "Yakap Caravan" 🤗

From June 16 to June 18, 2026, the Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Pilar, in close coordination with the PhilHealth Local Health Insurance Office, successfully rolled out the PhilHealth Yakap Caravan. This multi-day, grassroots outreach aimed to bridge the gap between essential health-administrative services and residents in communities.
By taking public health services straight to the barangays, this initiative directly aligns with the mandates of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law and the Department of Health’s (DOH) 8-Point Action Agenda—most notably implementing the core vision: “Bawat Pilipino, ramdam ang kalusugan” (Every Filipino feels the reality of healthcare).
Deployment Schedule
The caravan adopted a localized approach, establishing service hubs across three strategic barangays over a three-day period:

Date
Target Location

📌 June 16, 2026
Barangay Katipunan

📌 June 17, 2026
Barangay San Roque

📌 June 18, 2026
Barangay Maasin

Delivered SERVICES 🚚
The caravan functioned as a mobile one-stop shop to reduce the travel expenses and logistical burdens usually faced by rural residents. Key services provided on-site included:
• New PhilHealth Registration: Enrolling previously unregistered residents to bring them into the national healthcare safety net.
• Member Record Updating: Facilitating data corrections, updating dependents, and upgrading membership statuses to ensure frictionless future claims.
• Primary Care Provider Orientation: Introducing residents to PhilHealth's Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (YAKAP) benefits, enabling them to maximize coverage for free consultations, laboratory checks, and maintenance medicines.
• General Inquiry Resolution: Addressing specific, individual PhilHealth concerns and clarifying local health-benefit allocations directly through desk officers.
Impact & Strategic Value
By treating primary care registration as a proactive wellness mission rather than a reactive hospital requirement, RHU Pilar has successfully expanded the local health safety net. This guarantees that vulnerable families in Katipunan, San Roque, and Maasin have immediate, official access to primary care physicians and financial risk PROTECTION ❤️❤️

09/06/2026

🩸 SAVE A LIFE, BE A HERO! 🩸

Join us for our BLOOD LETTING ACTIVITY 🩺

📅 WHEN: June 10, 2026 (Wednesday)
📍 WHERE: Pilar Gymnasium
⏰ TIME: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

💡 Did you know?
1 BAG OF BLOOD = 3 LIVES SAVED! 🩹✨

Your small act of kindness can give hope and a second chance at life to patients in need—accident victims, those undergoing surgery, or those battling illnesses. Be the reason someone smiles again. Be their hero today! 🫶

✅ Requirements to donate:
✔️ Age: 18 – 65 years old
✔️ Weight: At least 50 kg
✔️ Good health, no fever, and not pregnant
✔️ Had enough sleep & eaten breakfast 🥞
✔️ No alcohol intake 24 hours before

Come, let’s share life together, Pilarenos! 🤝
"Give Blood, Give Life, Give Hope."

See you there! 🩸❤️

05/06/2026

🩺❤️ PUROKALUSUGAN: To bring quality health services CLOSER to the people of Pilarnon! - directly to every Purok/barangay 🏡💚

Date covered: May 28- June 5, 2026

Through this program, the RHU Pilar Team brings medical assistance, check-ups, and health education right to your community. 🩺🤝❤️

In a sustained effort to bring essential medical services directly to the grassroots level, the Rural Health Unit of Pilar (RHU-Pilar) successfully conducted its **Purok Kalusugan** community outreach program across five barangays from May 28 to June 5, 2026. By transitioning primary care from the main center to localized puroks, the initiative significantly reduced geographical and financial barriers for residents, ensuring comprehensive healthcare delivery to vulnerable and remote populations.

Deployment Schedule 🗓️ & Covered Areas
The rollout was strategically executed across the following barangays:

✅ May 28:** Barangay Salvacion
✅ May 29:** Barangay Pilaring
✅ June 3:** Barangay San Roque
✅ June 4:** Barangay Maasin
✅ June 5:** Barangay Caridad

Services delivered at your doorstep:
🔹 Free Medical Consultation🩺 : Targeted primary care assessments, diagnosis, and management of acute and chronic illnesses across all age groups.
🔹 Vital Signs Monitoring
🔹 HPN & DM Monthly Maintenance Meds Distribution
🔹 Health Education & Counseling
🔹 Free Medicines & Supplements 💊 :Immediate provision of prescribed maintenance drugs, antibiotics, vitamins, and basic over-the-counter medicines.
🔹 Immunization 💉 (Routine vaccines) :Administration of essential vaccines to infants and children to maintain high community immunity against vaccine-preventable diseases.
🔹 Prenatal Care for pregnant women 🫄 : Comprehensive check-ups for expectant mothers, including fetal monitoring, health counseling, and the distribution of prenatal supplements to ensure safe pregnancies.
🔹 Family planning
🔹 VIA (visual inspection using acetic acid) for cervical cancer screening: Conducted Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) for women of reproductive age, promoting early detection and reproductive health wellness.
🔹 Deworming age 1 to 19 y.o
🔹 OPT ( Operation Timbang) 0-59mos.old
🔹 Philhealth Registration and profilling

To maintain the momentum of the Purok Kalusugan initiative, the RHU-Pilar team will continue its community deployment next week:

🗓️ Upcoming Activity:** Barangay Asinan
* **Date:** Tuesday, June 9, 2026
👋👋

Healthcare that travels, care that reaches everyone. 🚐💨

08/05/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT

FREE MOBILE CHEST X-RAY SERVICE

📅 Date: May 13, 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Venue: Pilar Municipal Gymnasium

📌 IMPORTANT DETAILS

✅ OPEN TO ALL – For individuals 17 years old and above only
✅ REMINDER: Please bring your VALID ID/PHILHEALTH ID during registration

🎯 PRIORITY GROUPS

Special attention will be given to the following groups:

• Symptomatic Individuals

- Persistent cough for 2 weeks and above
- Coughing of blood (Hemoptysis)
- Night sweats
- Unintentional weight loss
- On and off fever

• Close Contacts

- Household contacts of Tuberculosis cases

• Other Groups

- Senior citizens
- Smokers
- Alcohol drinkers
- Persons with Asthma, Pneumonia and other respiratory conditions
- Farmers and fishermen
- Immuno-compromised individuals including:- HIV/AIDS patients
- Diabetes patients
- Cancer patients
- Chronic Kidney Disease patients on dialysis

Take advantage of this free health service for your health and safety.

Thank you!

05/05/2026

ATTENTION sa atong mga ginikanan ug kabataang Pilarnon!

Ang atong libreng Operation Tuli nagsugod na ug naa na ang schedule sa matag barangay. Para kini sa mga batang edad 6 pataas, labi na sa mga andam na magpatuli. ✂️
📍I-Check inyong barangay schedule ug ayaw kalimot moapil sa takdang petsa.
💙 Kita-kits sa atong Libreng Operation Tuli — para sa kahimsog ug mas maayong kaugmaon sa atong kabataan!

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