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                                                                                                         Status of
Ref.            Audit Observation                      Audit Recommendations
                                                                                                     Implementation
AAR    13. The ambulance purchased by the 24. We         recommended          that                    Unimplemented
2022       Municipality in CY 2022 for        Management take immediate action             Management had encountered a
p.49       ₱2,597,897.00 was not covered by   to comply with the requirements              problem with the availability of the
           a Department of Health (DOH)-      stated in DOH AO No. 2018-001                TESDA schedule for competency
           License to Operate as required     dated January 28, 2018, to obtain            assessment and training in First Aid for
           under DOH Administrative Order     the required license for the                 ambulance drivers and selected health
           (AO) No. 2018-0001 dated January   ambulance. This will enable the              workers.
           26, 2018. Thus, the assurance that Municipality to rectify the existing
           the ambulance operates with        non-compliance and ensure that the
           competent       personnel     and  ambulance operates in accordance
           appropriate equipment to respond   with the necessary standards and
           to medical emergencies, provide    regulations established by DOH.
           quality care, and ensure patient
           safety may not be attained.

AAR    14. The Municipality failed to provide 25. We      recommended        that    the                Implemented
2022       sufficient and vital information       Municipal Engineer ensure that
p.51       such as specific boundaries,           sufficient and vital information,
           stationing, landmarks, and symbols     such as specific boundaries,
           in the plans and drawings for          stationing, landmarks, and symbols,
           various projects of road concreting,   are provided in the plans and
           road        improvement,         and   drawings for road concreting and
           construction of drainage canal         improvement projects and the
           under the 20% Development Fund         construction of drainage canals.
           (DF), an indication that the detailed
           engineering activities provided 26. We further recommended that,                             Implemented
           under Annex A of the Revised           henceforth,             Management
           Implementing         Rules       and   unfailingly ensure strict compliance
           Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act      with     the    required      detailed
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