KIDAPAWAN CITY: A simmering squabble between local leaders has mothballed for six years a hospital in Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte—but other officials are pushing for the reopening of the idled facility to provide health services to about 27,858 local residents.

After the hospital’s closure, patients have to travel 32 kilometers over rough roads for medical treatment in Iligan City, Mayor Hadja Eleanor Dimaporo-Lantud told reporters on Wednesday by phone.

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