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| | Siquijor health service battles with lack of funds - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | SIQUIJOR, SIQUIJOR—It was one hot Saturday morning and Arwel Padayhag, 31, was looking forward to a day with friends in the Salagdoong Beach in Maria, Siquijor. |
 | | While many of Siquijor’s faith healers have gained not just local acclaim and get their own share of visitors, especially during Holy Week, many Siquijodnons of the younger generation have started to prefer professional medical treatment. |
 | | Young mothers now bring their sick children to the hospital at the first sign of illness, especially after the deadly dengue fever outbreak last year, which afflicted more than a hundred people and claimed five lives. |
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