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What to see at PH's newest mega drug rehab facility

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Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

<p>PALAYAN, Nueva Ecija - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday inaugurated the <a href="~/news/10/24/16/look-mega-drug-rehab-facility-rises-inside-ph-military-camp">mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility</a> in Fort Magsaysay, expected to be the biggest of four rehabilitation centers the government is expected to put up until 2022.</p><p>The marker of the facility&#x27;s first phase was unveiled by Duterte along with Cabinet officials and <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/29/16/billionaire-builders-behind-dutertes-mega-drug-rehab">billionaires</a> who donated money for the construction of the facility.</p><p>The project&#x27;s first phase features at least two mess halls, admission and assessment areas, common shower rooms, and a 2,500-bed capacity sleeping quarters that is expected to expand into 10,000 beds once other phases have been completed.</p><p>The tenants&#x27; capacity to pay will be assessed, and those who are capable of shelling out money will have to shoulder a P10,000 board and lodging fee for staying here each month.</p><p>Here&#x27;s a look inside the cream-painted walls and blue roofs that mark the government&#x27;s first attempt to cater to illegal drug users and peddlers who voluntarily surrendered in the Duterte administration&#x27;s intensified campaign against the drug menace.</p><script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="~/CMSPages/GetResource.ashx?scriptfile=~/cmsscripts/custom/abs-cbn-news/abscbnmaster/newsv2-1.2.9.min.js " type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://cdnimages2.abs-cbnnews.com/abscbn2013-gallery/plugins/facebook/newsv2.facebook.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div id="galleria"><a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--1-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The entrance to Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija where the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility is located. The facility is expected to accommodate over 5,000 " in="" initial="" its="" src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--1-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--2-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="People visit the grounds of the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--2-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--3-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="Visitors looks around the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility. President Duterte led the facility" s="" src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--3-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--4-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="A mobile medical and dental clinic was present at the launch since facilities for medical and dental rooms where not yet completely built." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--4-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--5-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The center is designed with dormitory-type rooms." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--5-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--6-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The are two floors with rooms and materials similar to temporary housing in disaster areas." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--6-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--7-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="An ordnance expert walks with his bomb-sniffing dog at the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility. The facility is meant to be a secure place for recovering addicts so it was placed in the military compound." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--7-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--8-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The facilities stretch out to several hectares of land in the military reservation." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--8-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--9-JC.jpg"><img and="" are="" check-ups="" data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The main building where " documents="" first="" for="" mandatory="" received="" src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--9-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--10-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The admitting area inside the main building." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--10-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--11-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="Nurses orient staff members who are assigned to process incoming patients at the main building." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--11-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--12-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility consists of two-floor row houses." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--12-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--13-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The center includes a facility for psycho-spiritual counseling." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--13-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--14-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="The mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility is under the Department of Health." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--14-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--15-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="A military officer stands outside one of the rooms with bunk beds at the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--15-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--16-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="A military officer stands between the narrow space separating two of the buildings of the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--16-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--17-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="One of the rooms on the second floor of the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility contains very basic facilities for its future occupants." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--17-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--18-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="Simple amenities await patients at the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--18-JC.jpg"/> </a> <a href="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--19-JC.jpg"><img data-description="Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" data-title="Here is one of the rooms at the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility, envisioned to house 10,000 recovering addicts." src="http://img.abs-cbnnews.com/2016/slideshow/rehabcenter/20161129laur-drug-rehab--19-JC.jpg"/> </a></div><script type="text/javascript">        Galleria.loadTheme('//abscbnnewsml.blob.core.windows.net/themes/default-gallery/themes/themev2/galleria.azur.min.js');        Galleria.run('#galleria', {trueFullscreen: true, height: 673,});        </script>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday inaugurated the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility in Fort Magsaysay, expected to be the biggest of four rehabilitation centers the government is expected to put up until 2022.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday inaugurated the mega drug rehabilitation and treatment facility in Fort Magsaysay, expected to be the biggest of four rehabilitation centers the government is expected to put up until 2022.

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What to see at PH's newest mega drug rehab facility

Jonathan Cellona,

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Published Nov 30, 2016 02:59 PM PHT

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