Dr. Annie Irene Rufo, the local community dentist who died in a tragic street incident in Argao city, southern Cebu on September 4, 2023. | Image from DOH Dentists Deployment Task Central Visayas’ Facebook website page.
CEBU City, Philippines — Regional officials in southern Cebu province mourned the decline of Dr. Annie Irene Rufo, a dentist who committed her profession to serving communities there ahead of her everyday living was reduce tragically in a deadly street mishap on Monday, September 4.
Boljoon Mayor Jojie Derama claimed they were saddened by the premature loss of life of Dr. Annie Irene Rufo, who endured a awful destiny in Argao whilst on her way to work on Monday.
Rufo was deployed as the town’s community dentist given that April of this year, claimed Derama. The information of her tragic passing shocked the mayor.
“The Municipality of Boljoon is saddened for the loss of Doc Annie Irene O. Rufo… (And we) would like to thank Doc Annie for the expert services she sent to the Municipality of Boljoon,” Derama wrote in a statement.
Provincial Board Members Raymond Calderon and Stanley Caminero also expressed their condolences to Rufo’s household and good friends.
“I would like to lengthen my heartfelt gratitude to Doc Annie for the companies rendered to our fellow Boljoanons and to the relaxation of the Next District LGUs (nearby authorities units) wherever she also extended her providers,” Calderon stated.
“To her beloved types and colleagues, be sure to know that you have our deepest condolences and sympathy. In this time of grief, may perhaps you discover strength and solace in the embrace of family members and mates who care deeply for you,” extra Caminero.
Rufo died after the athletics utility vehicle (SUV) she drove rammed into the rear finish of a trailer truck parked appropriate beside the highway in Brgy. Bulasa, Argao city past 5 a.m. on Monday.
The dentist had been section of the Central Visayas’ Dentists Deployment Venture of Division of Overall health (DOH), the program aimed to supply primary dental products and services to far-flung places and marginalized sectors.
At minimum 30 dentists, together with Rufo, shaped part of DOH’s Dentists Deployment Task in Central Visayas, according to the program’s official Fb web site.
Her up coming assignment right after Boljoon would have been Santander, the southernmost city in Cebu province. Rufo had also been deployed in the cities of Dalaguete and Argao.
Whilst official results have but to be disclosed, police in Argao city believed that Rufo could have fallen asleep at the wheel that resulted in the deadly crash.
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