11 October 2005
Free general surgeries for poor set Oct 24-27
INDIGENT Dagupeños and Pangasinenses will have the chance to avail of free general medical consultation and surgical operations during the Medical Missions Foundation Surgical Mission from October 24 to 27 at the Region I Medical Center (RIMC).
This is the second time that the medical foundation, whose members have trained in the United States, will conduct a medical mission in Dagupan City in coordination with R1MC and the City Health Office (CHO).
The mission group will conduct tumor surgery on breast, head/neck, and skin; general surgery on gallbladder and hernias; gynecologic surgery on uterine and ovarian tumors; cataracts; strabismus; cleft lips; cleft palates; and thyroid surgery.
Indigents will have to undergo screening at R1MC, according to Dr. Leonard Carbonell, city health officer. The CHO will handle the post-surgery follow-up of the patients after their operations. Screening of patients will be from October 11 to 22 at the RIMC Surgery Outpatient Department.
The foundation will be bringing in its own facilities, supplies and medicines which will come from the US to be approved by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD).
Dr. Roberto Valenzuela, R1MC Surgery Department head, said the medical mission team will include a plastic surgeon, OB-GYN with laparoscopic expertise, general practitioner, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, several nurses and lay people.
“The team will provide everything for the patients. From blood examination, chest X-ray, ECG, antibiotics to take home medicines,” Valenzuela said even as he stressed that the team will prioritize indigent patients.
Local medical practitioners from the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association, Inc. and surgeons of the RIMC will take part in the medical mission. As a show of gratitude to the medical mission team, the city government of Dagupan led by Mayor Benjamin S. Lim, will provide a thank you dinner for the group. (Sunshine D. Robles/CIO)
This is the second time that the medical foundation, whose members have trained in the United States, will conduct a medical mission in Dagupan City in coordination with R1MC and the City Health Office (CHO).
The mission group will conduct tumor surgery on breast, head/neck, and skin; general surgery on gallbladder and hernias; gynecologic surgery on uterine and ovarian tumors; cataracts; strabismus; cleft lips; cleft palates; and thyroid surgery.
Indigents will have to undergo screening at R1MC, according to Dr. Leonard Carbonell, city health officer. The CHO will handle the post-surgery follow-up of the patients after their operations. Screening of patients will be from October 11 to 22 at the RIMC Surgery Outpatient Department.
The foundation will be bringing in its own facilities, supplies and medicines which will come from the US to be approved by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD).
Dr. Roberto Valenzuela, R1MC Surgery Department head, said the medical mission team will include a plastic surgeon, OB-GYN with laparoscopic expertise, general practitioner, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, several nurses and lay people.
“The team will provide everything for the patients. From blood examination, chest X-ray, ECG, antibiotics to take home medicines,” Valenzuela said even as he stressed that the team will prioritize indigent patients.
Local medical practitioners from the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association, Inc. and surgeons of the RIMC will take part in the medical mission. As a show of gratitude to the medical mission team, the city government of Dagupan led by Mayor Benjamin S. Lim, will provide a thank you dinner for the group. (Sunshine D. Robles/CIO)
