Barangay Tandang Kutyo, Tanay, Rizal
Project Description
Philippine Healthcare was considered to be a good quality by international standards, and it is for
the fact that Healthcare is amongst the topics that the government has always been addressing. A
great example of these are reforms meant to unify our health care system, like Universal Health
Care Act, then the scope of Phil Health’s coverage expanded to include free medical consultations
and laboratory tests, and all Filipino citizens will be automatically in the national program.
Nevertheless, Healthcare, like any other topic that our government was trying to cover, is too
complex and full of independent variables that cannot be resolved all at once.
Health and Labor Force participation influence each other simultaneously, according to human
capital theory, health and labor force participation are positively related. That theory predicts that
improvements in health lead to greater labor force participation. People with poor health tend to be
less productive, because poor health adversely affects their work performance. Compared with this
group, healthy workers can expect higher returns from work and, as a result, have a greater
incentive to be in the labor force. Poor health may also lead to people spending more time out of
the labor force, because the time needed to care for one’s health increases as that health
deteriorates
According to Census of Population and Household 2020, there are 20,754 Residents in Barangay
Tandang Kutyo and based from the barangay’s M11 and M22 of 2021 there are only 777 or 3.74%
seek medical attention in the barangay health center, And, 17 or 0.08% of it came from the farthest
part of the barangay, Sitio Rawang and Sitio Macantog. Considering the large population of the
barangay we can see that the residents seeking medical attention is very small.
The general idea of the project is to convert any available vehicle to a medical kiosk or health care
on wheels that move around the barangay, equipped with various apparatus for medical care, e.g.:
weighting scale for infant and adult, blood pressure machine, oxygen, and other necessary medical
services to widen the scope of the barangay health center.
Contact Person
Name: Antonio T. Pitoral
Email: tandangkutyo2022@gmail.com