31/08/2026
URDANETA CITY HEALTH OFFICE | DRRM-H HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE
The Urdaneta City Health Office – Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for Health (DRRM-H) Health Emergency Response Team (HERT) activated its Quad Cluster Committees to respond to the health needs of evacuees currently staying at DAPSMECS Main, Brgy. San Vicente, Urdaneta City, and at BADIPA Elementary School and BADIPA National High School, serving evacuees from Brgys. Bayaoas and Dilan-Paurido.
The response was headed by our City Health Officer, Dr. Rachel Ann A. Parayno, with the coordination and support of DRRM-H Program Manager and CHO Nurse Ms. Suzanne Paredes, who facilitated coordination with the evacuation centers and the deployed HERT teams and helped ensure the smooth organization of the emergency health response.
Our Medical and Public Health Cluster, composed of Medical Officers Dr. Marjorie Manongsong, Dr. Cristina Gorospe, and Dr. Shaina Andrada, together with Pharmacist Sir Rayne Abalos, provided medical assessment, appropriate health interventions, and facilitated the distribution of essential medical commodities to evacuees.
The field response was further strengthened by our local health personnel. Ms. Norma Cadimas, Midwife assigned in San Vicente, worked with the Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) in providing medical support and attending to the health needs of evacuees at DASMECS. Likewise, Ms. Angie Locquiao, CHO 8 Nurse, together with the BHWs of Bayaoas and Dilan-Paurido, provided additional medical support and assisted in the delivery of health services to the affected families at the BADIPA evacuation centers.
For Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE), Ms. Remy Nidoy helped ensure that the nutritional needs of displaced families were considered and addressed as part of the emergency response.
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster, composed of Ms. Ann Fritzi Nacis and Ms. Clarizze Pedro, supported the monitoring of water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in the evacuation centers and promoted measures to help prevent the occurrence and spread of communicable diseases.
Under Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS), Ms. Cherry Mae Soriano provided psychosocial support and attended to the mental and emotional well-being of evacuees affected by the emergency situation.
Meanwhile, our Triage Officers—Ms. Mina Peralta, Ms. Amy Evaristo, Ms. Kyla Geroza, and Ms. Melanie Alvarez—facilitated the initial assessment, prioritization, registration, documentation, and encoding of evacuees to ensure proper identification and monitoring of their health needs.
As part of the emergency health response, the team successfully distributed essential medical commodities to:
145 families at DAPSMECS Main, Brgy. San Vicente
32 families at BADIPA ES & BADIPA NHS, serving Brgys. Bayaoas and Dilan-Paurido
TOTAL OF 177 FAMILIES SERVED
The activation of the HERT Quad Cluster demonstrates the Urdaneta City Health Office’s commitment to a coordinated, multidisciplinary, and community-based emergency health response. From medical care and medicines to nutrition, WASH, psychosocial support, triage, documentation, and field coordination, every component worked together to address the needs of our displaced families.
We also recognize the invaluable support of our barangay health workers, barangay nutrition scholars, and local health personnel, whose presence on the ground helped extend the reach of the City Health Office and ensured that our response reached the communities where it was needed most.
The Urdaneta City Health Office remains committed to protecting the health, safety, and well-being of every evacuee throughout the emergency response.
In times of crisis, we stand together. We respond together. We serve together.
Serbisyong Pangkalusugan, Para sa Bawat Urdanetanian.
