PAOFI aims to create awareness and consciousness among the community people of a healthy environment. With this, PAOFI provides affordable medical treatments and preventive approach to control diseases to improve the health condition and awareness of indigent families in the community.
PAOFI has two clinics in Payatas, Fr. Angelo Falardi Health Clinic (Fallardi Clinic) located in Sto. Niño Street which is open from Mondays to Saturdays, 7am-12nn while the other center is Fr. Luigi Piccoli Health Clinic (Piccoli Clinic) located beside St. Joseph Chapel in Abris Street which is open during Thursdays only from 7am-12nn.
Tuberculosis (TB) Management Program
Through the Fallardi clinic, PAOFI provides TB management program to adults and children afflicted with tuberculosis. The program aims to lessen and eventually have a tuberculosis-free community; to promote awareness on causes, effects and prevention of spreading diseases in the community; and to provide medical assistance to patients afflicted with tuberculosis. The facility is implementing a DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-course) strategy program of the NTP DOH. It is a non-government treatment center that offers free medicines and laboratory tests to indigent TB patients. Components of PAOFI TB management program are Case Finding which includes family screening of the relatives/immediate family members of patient; Case Holding includes closely monitoring, house visits and one-on-one counseling to ensure the patients’ adherence to the treatment; and other activities like general assembly of patients, one-on-one counseling, health teachings, and TB Awareness Month. Complete set of multivitamins are being provided to all TB patients to supplement and improve their nutritional status and improve treatment adherence most especially to interrupters while on going treatment duration.
General Consultation and Laboratory
The clinic has daily doctor/s on duty and gives free general consultation from Mondays to Saturdays, 7am-12nn. It also provides access to low cost medicines, x-ray and laboratory tests. Tests and services available in the Fallardi clinic are the following:
- CBC
- Urinalysis
- FBS
- ECG
- X-ray
- Ultrasound
- Blood Chemistry Tests
- PPD (Skin Test for children)