Navotas City activates first Child Protection Unit 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Joseph Almer PedrajasThe Navotas City local government has stepped up its efforts to protect the welfare of the abused children through opening the first Child Protection Unit in the city. Christia Padolina, Navotas City Hospital (NCH) director, said that the facility aims to integrate into one place medical, forensic, therapeutic and preventive responses to the physically and sexually abused children. These include an interview room where guardians could see their child as they talk. “We can now proudly say that NCH is among the public hospitals in the country equipped to provide immediate and straightforward services to abused women and children,” Tiangco added.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 23, 2019 13:12 UTC