page_title: Palawan
section_title: Health facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Palawan / Infrastructure / Health facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: New dental buses donated by the Department of Health in Palawan. Each bus, has a dental chair, x-ray, compressor and other components that will definitely improve the dental health care program in the province. Filipino: Bagong-bagong ang mga dental Bus na donasyon ng DOH (Department of Health) sa Palawan. Bawat bus ay may dental chair, x-ray, compressor at iba pang kasangkapan na tiyak na magpapalakas sa dental health care program ng lalawigan.
context_page_description: Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. Its capital is the city of Puerto Princesa, but the city is governed independently from the province as a highly urbanized city.
  The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro in the northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island, measuring 450 kilometres long, and 50 kilometres wide.
  In 2019 Republic Act 11259 was passed providing for the division of Palawan into three separate provinces. Per the law, a plebiscite will be held in Palawan in May 2020 determining whether this division will be carried out.
context_section_description: There are nine provincial government hospitals, two national government hospitals, one military hospital and nine private hospitals in the province. The Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital, Ospital ng Palawan, managed and administered by the Department of Health (DOH), MMG-PPC Cooperative Hospital, and the Palawan Adventist Hospital are located in Puerto Princesa.
caption: Dental Buses provided by the Department of Health for use of provincial government of Palawan.
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