• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The hospital chief of Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Negros Occidental has been named as Undersecretary of the Department of Health.
Dr. Mary Ann Maestral was among the 65 newly-appointed officials in various government agencies under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Maestral was appointed as TLJPH chief by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson in 2021.
Meanwhile, Maestral said on Monday (June 24) that TLJPH is now a 200-bed capacity hospital after the approval of the DOH.
The approval is also pre-requisite to establish the Department of Surgery at TLJPH, Maestral said. | GB
