Parents’ support to NSDD noted in Pagadian City
By Franklin P. Gumapon
PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) – The preparations made by
health and education personnel for the conduct of the National School Deworming
Day (NSDD) last Wednesday have paid off.
Learning from the July 29, 2015 school deworming debacle
that some 200 students from the different parts of Zamboanga Peninsula were
rushed to the hospitals and health centers for dizziness and vomiting after
taking the deworming tablets, the Department of Health (DOH) together with the
Department of Education (DepEd) has ensured that proper information about
deworming and its adverse reactions on children be properly disseminated to the
parents and students.
DOH-9 personnel also conducted a series of media forums on
the NSDD in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and
ZamboangaSibugay weeks before the scheduled deworming day.
School Principal Jocelyn Perez of the Pagadian Pilot School
said in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the schools
had also conducted parents’ orientation on the NSDD with emphasis on its
benefits to their children.
Perez also disclosed that the schools had required the
schoolchildren to have a full breakfast to avoid any adverse reaction after
taking the deworming tablet.
“All schools started with a mass feeding before giving the
children the deworming pills, Dr. Agnes Fernando, provincial head of the
Zamboanga del Sur DOH office said.
Fernando also encouraged the parents whose children have not
yet been dewormed to visit the health centers to avail of free deworming
tablets.
“We would like to achieve 85 percent of our accomplishment
[in the NSDD] or more than that,” Fernando maintained.
For his part, Romeo Cirilo, president of Parents and
Teachers Association at Tomas Sagun Elementary School in this city also
expressed his gratitude to the DOH for spearheading a deworming program.
