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By Frank E. Dosdos, Jr.,
Correspondent

The Association of Municipal Health Officers (Amho) of Lanao del Norte is asking government for swift justice to one of its member who was killed by an unknown assailant last March 2 in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

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Amho President Gemma L. Deano said that Dr. Dreyfuss Perlas was just faithfully delivering government health care services to the people of Sapad, Lanao de Norte where he was assigned.

She said there were no known threats against Perlas since he had been performing “very well in his four years of assignment in Sapad.”

She added that the slain doctor was even absorbed as Municipal Health Officer because of his commendable performance.

It was gathered that Perlas was assigned in Sapad under the Deployment Program of the Department of Health (DOH). Under the program, a local government unit would request the DOH for a doctor and the latter then assigns one hired under the program.

Deano also revealed that there are still many municipalities throughout the country that does not have government doctors since only few doctors are applying for the lowly paid difficult and hazardous job of working in far-flung rural areas.

She disclosed that in Lanao del Norte there were only 20 of them before Perlas was killed.

She said that they would bring their concerns to the officials of Lanao del Norte so that recurrence of such heignous incident would not happen again.

She said they tried to see the officials of Sapad, Lanao del Norte. But as of the moment no one was ready to talk to them.

Deano told reporters that the police of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte do not have any leads as to the identify of the assailants and the motive of the killing.

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