THE DEPARTMENT of Health-Central Visayas (DoH-7) office is looking at possible sites in Bohol for the planned regional drug treatment and rehabilitation center (TRC), which already has a P500-million fund from private donations. Dr. Dino D. Caing, head of the Non-Communicable Disease Section that oversees the Substance Abuse and Aftercare Program of DoH-7, said the initial planned location, a military camp in Carmen, Bohol, has legal issues that the local government needs to resolve. He added that they remain open to alternative sites in other provinces within the region. The TRC will have a capacity for 200 to 300 patients in need of intensive treatment. Mr. Caing said the DoH-designed program runs for at least six months that entails rigid and intensive management and treatment. At present, those assessed with severe conditions are being referred to Cebu’s existing centers in Argao town for males and the Eversley Child’s Sanitarium and General Hospital in Mandaue City for females. — The Freeman

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