LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol said it needs more facilities and physicians to man the drug rehabilitation centers in the wake of the ballooning number of drug surrenderers across the region.

Napoleon Arevalo, DOH regional director, said the region has 14 accredited specialist physicians but these are not enough to attend to the more than 40,000 drug dependents.

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