ILOILO – Two more ambulances were added to the district hospitals in this province. Response to emergency calls was thus expected to be more fast.
The ambulances were donated by Medipeace, a South Korean nongovernment organization partner of the provincial government. They were for Aleosan District Hospital and Barotac Viejo District Hospital.
Representatives from the organization led the turnover ceremony at the provincial capitol on Dec. 3.
Medipeace now has donated a total of 14 ambulances which were distributed to district hospitals.
Dr. Lee Taebum, Global Health Cooperation Program director, said the project was an opportunity to explore ways to forge bonds between Korea and the Philippines in the field of health and human rights.
“Opportunities created by international cooperation have often brought daunting challenges. I firmly believe that, in the face of the new challenges such as the development on Philippine-Korea health cooperation, as we unite in our efforts among Iloilo Province members, as has been in the past, we can overcome the obstacles before us and triumph,” Lee said.
Also part of the ceremony was the turnover of clinic supplies, materials, and medicines to Nicomedes R. Tubar Sr. National High School in San Dionisio and Santiago National High School in Barotac Viejo. It was part of Medipeace’s Clinic Support Program.
Dumangas, Iloilo Sangguniang Bayan member Rose Marie Duremdes Doromal also presented a resolution from the municipal council commending Medipeace, Seoul National University Hospital and the Korean Health Industry Development Institute for sponsoring the free surgical operation of five-year-old Zhen Mary Kathleen Deypalubos from the municipality.
Deypalubos underwent thoracotomy on Nov. 12, 2018 at Seoul National University Hospital to correct her congenital heart defect Patent Ductus Arteriosus. PDA is an unclosed hole in the aorta.
Medipeace also sponsored a workshop on hospital data management attended by 60 district hospital personnel at Ramon Tabiana Memorial District Hospital in Cabatuan on December 4. (LHC, Capitol News/PN)
