Despite the inclement weather brought by Typhoon Tino, about 4,212 residents from Tanza, Cavite, and nearby areas flocked to the Tanza Municipal Convention Center early Tuesday to avail themselves of free government services during the Lab for All caravan, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported.
A flagship initiative of First Lady Marie Louise Araneta-Marcos, Lab for All provides free dental and medical services, including consultations and various laboratory tests such as vital signs checks, hemoglobin, fasting blood sugar, electrocardiogram, cholesterol, uric acid, urinalysis, and X-ray.
Beneficiaries also received financial aid, free medicines, eyeglasses, Bagong Pilipinas Digiboxes, PCSO ChariTimba items, and family boxes from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
In her message, the First Lady thanked both private and government partners and introduced new Lab for All buses equipped with modern equipment for X-rays, blood extraction, and laboratory testing.
She also encouraged pregnant women to take advantage of the Unang 1,000 Days program to ensure proper health and nutrition for both mother and child.
“To all the public and private partners, thank you very, very much. We are all in this together,” she said.
DILG Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla, a Cavite native, also joined the event. “Long live Cavite, I love you all very much,” he said.
Local officials, including Tanza Congressman Crispin Diego Remulla and Mayor Archangelo Matro, expressed gratitude to the First Family for bringing the Lab for All program to their town.
