DAGUPAN City—A pharmaceutical company has donated medicines for leptospirosis which is expected to spread amid massive inundation of communities in the aftermath of super typhoon “Uwan” that battered southern Luzon regions last week.
Jacko Hernandez, director of Jackpharma Inc., turned over 25 boxes of doxycycline capsules to Mayor Belen Fernandez and city health officer Dr. Ma. Julita De Venecia in a ceremony at the city hall on Thursday, Nov. 13.
The medicines will be used as prophylaxis for leptospirosis, which poses a heightened threats in flooded areas following the typhoon.
“The moment we found out that Typhoon Uwan’s path was heading straight through North Luzon, we thought of Rep. (Brian) Poe since his province would be directly affected. I hope that our medicine would help the Filipino people affected by this terrible disaster, and we continue to pray for everyone’s safety,” Hernandez said.
