When does MALAPASCUA gets the long time promised Doctor and HOSPITAL

Since 2007 , and even longer, the Municipio planned to build a HOSPITAL on the Island of MALAPASCUA for its 7000 inhabitants and monthly about 900 and more tourist divers from the whole world visiting the island, known as the Thresher Shark Island and one of the most beautiful places in the Philippines. The only place in the world where divers can watch Thresher Sharks coming to the nearby sunken island MONAD SHOAL and KIMOD SHOAL.

The Goverment planned to build a three-bed hospital with a Doctor 24 hours in presence. But until now there is NO avaiable medical help (except a midwife) , NO DOCTOR, no Hospital to give first aid in case of an accident or sudden sickness. The next Hospital is 45 minutes by boat across the Visayan Sea to the Mainland Cebu Maya and further another 20 minutes (if a car is available) to the Barangay Daan Bantayan. In case there is in Daan Bantayan Hospital no help available cause of missing equipment and medical supply (lets say in case of heart attack like it happend to my mother, or dive accident or other sickness), one has to go to far Cebu City, which takes another 3-4 hours.

Most inhabitants cannot even pay the transport cost to Cebu City or the cost for Hospital in Cebu City.

In case of TYPHOON no boat can cross the Visayan Sea from Malapascua to Maya. So, one is lost and in the worst case to stay and pass away in Malapascua.... like it happend not only once !

A Property in Malapascua for that proposed Hospital is since years available, given as donation to the Barangay Logon by the Resort Manager JOSEPHINE from "Mangrove Oriental Resort Malapascua". Also some Foreign Tourist offered help and want to give medical Equipment and medicin if the Hospital is build. But the hospital property is like years ago an unused lonely place.

Maybe Mayor of Daan Bantayan "Sun Shimura" can help, or Congressman "SALIMBANGON", or Governeur "Gwen Garcia" ?

So if anybody knows who can help or who is the one to solve that problem, let me know and send a comment....

Malapascua is a tiny island located across a shallow strait from the northmost tip

of mainland Cebu island.

Its about 2.5 kilometers long and 1 km wide. It's extraordinary long white beach stretches around the south-east coast of the island facing Cebu, Leyte and Biliran. Malapascua Island is popular to tourists who love to swim and snorkel.

This has also become a major dive center (long familiar among the international dive society) because of the

thresher sharks that can be seen daily at Monad Shoal (a soft coral habitat).

This Island has been noted to be one of the few places where one can have a sight of these harmless sharks at only 23 meters distance downward.

More information about Malapascua Island click this link.

Another deadly Accident in Malapascua click this link.

Tragic Dive Accident, one STUDENT DIVER died today December 24 2009(Christmas Eve) during a dive with his  DIVEMASTER  near MONAD SHOAL