Department Of Health
The Board of Health, now known as the Department of Health was formally established on September 29, 1898 under General Order No. 15. This Board has since undergone several major transitions and reorganizations including the implementation of regionalization in 1959.
The Regional Health Office No. 3 (RHO 3) used to be under the Regional Health Office No. 4 circa 1967. On September 1, 1974, Region 3 was weaned away from its mother region and the Regional Health Office No. 3 was established at San Fernando, Pampanga, which serves as the regional capital for Central Luzon.
The organization took effect with a handful of personnel who were mostly handpicked from the original Region 3 personnel complement. However, the working force gradually increased with the appointment of young technical and administrative staff.
The RHO3 gradually expanded its activities and found ways and means to adjust to the complexities of problems that beset the office in coping with the expectations of providing effective delivery of health care to the people in the Central Luzon Region.
As per the 1987 Constitution, the RHO 3 fulfilled its mandate of making essential goods, health and other services available to all people at affordable cost, with priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women and children; free medical care for the poor was also given.
With the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991 (RA 7160), the mandate of the Department of Health and its regional offices changed from program implementation to policy formulation, planning, regulatory services and the provision of technical assistance to local government units, which hence were tasked, with the delivery of health services. However, the region will take charge of the health service delivery in case of declaration of disaster and upon request of local executives.
CONTACT INFO:
CHD3-BFAD
Government Compound, Maimpis, City of San Fernando (P)
