Health Services

Health Facilities

Umingan has 2 Rural Health Units, namely RHU I and RHU II. RHU I is situated in the town proper with 7 BHS covering 30 barangays. It has a laboratory which offers routine laboratory examinations: CBC with platelet count, Urinalysis, Fecalysis, Sputum microscopy, blood typing, KOH test, pregnancy test, gram staining and Blood Glucose Exam. There are now 9 “Botika Ng Barangay” established in different barangays and private drugstores/pharmacies are available in the public market of the municipality. RHU II is located in Brgy. Cabaruan, 11 km. from town proper with 6 BHS covering 28 barangays, it also has a laboratory with the same examinations being offered as that in RHU I.

Primary health care is done in the RHUs and in the Medicare Community Hospital (Provincial Health Office operated) while secondary cases which can’t be handled by the RHU are referred to Tayug District Hospitals and hard cases are being referred to tertiary hospitals: Region I Medical Center – Dagupan City, and other private medical centers and hospitals in Urdaneta City and Dagupan City.

Health Services/Programs Offered

a. Control of Infectious Diseases
- National TB Program
- National Leprosy Control Program
- Control of Acute Respiratory Infections
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control
- Control of Diarrhea Diseases
b. Integrated Control of Lifestyle – Related or Non-communicable diseases / Healthy Lifestyle Program
c. Child Care
- Child care / under 6 clinic / growth monitoring
- Control of Diarrhea Diseases
- Expanded Program of Immunization
-Control of Acute Respiratory Infections
- Nutrition: micro-nutrient supplementation, operation timbang, garantisadong pambata
- Breast-feeding Promotion
d. Maternal Care and Family Planning
e. Environmental Health
f. Referral System: Public-Public, Public-Private and vice-versa
g. Laboratory services: Fecalysis; Urinalysis: Blood Glucose Exam; Sputum Exam; Blood typing; Complete Blood Count