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==Prov’l LGU, charity group holds grand surgical mission for IPs, indigents== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=54086 | |||
*Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | |||
:by PIA Press Release | |||
KORONADAL CITY, Sept. 14 (PIA) -- Hundred of indigents, indigenous peoples, and retirees who need surgical procedures but are unable to avail of medical services for reasons of financial incapacity and lack of services can avail of free surgical services in a five-day surgical mission here starting September 25. “The Maharlika Charity Foundation Inc., (MCFI) together with provincial government of South Cotabato and the Koronadal Lodge 209 of Free and Accepted Masons will conduct a surgical mission at the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center from September 25 to 29,” board member Dr. Ervin Luntao announced yesterday. He said among the conditions that will be operated free of charge during the medical mission include cleft palate, cataract (including pterygium), stradismus or cross-eyes, goiter, hernia among children five years old or younger, and minor cysts. Dental services will also be available. “This is the first major surgical mission in South Cotabato under the management of Gov. Arthur “Dodo” Y. Pingoy Jr.” he said. Dr. Rizal Aportadera, president of MCFI, said the medical mission in Koronadal will be their 49th mission in Mindanao and their first in South Cotabato. “We are giving surgical services exclusively for indigents who cannot afford surgical operations and indigenous peoples who lack opportunities to avail of costly procedures,” Dr. Aportadera said. “We are also giving the same services to retirees in government and private sectors.” MCFI was created in 1973 to give free medical treatment for the poor. Its office is located at J.P Cabaguio Avenue, Davao City. MCFI started conducting medical missions in 2000. “Our objective is to give specialized and rehabilitative operations,” he added. “Specialized because the doctors we bring in the medical missions are all specialists and rehabilitative because the patients’ defects and deformities are corrected and they given opportunities to be restore their confidence and become productive citizens,” Dr. Aportadera added. For the medical mission in South Cotabato, MCFI will be bringing at least 35 specialists, including eye doctors, plastic surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and general surgeons along with other medical staff including as nurses, medical technologists and others. He said, on regular medical missions they serve at least 60 to 100 surgical patients each for eye operations, cleft palate correction, and minor surgeries. More patients are served in dental services. “We are very glad that the Maharlika Charity Foundation has chosen Cotabato for their surgical mission,” Vice Gov. Elmo Tolosa said. Vice Gov. Tolosa’s office is among the offices listing names of possible patients who will undergo surgical procedures. Other offices where interested individuals can go to be listed are Office of the Governor, Office of Board Member Luntao, South Cotabato Provincial Hospital, Radio Mindanao Network and Bombo Radyo Koronadal. Listing of patients in these offices is still on-going. Candidates for surgery will be gathered by the provincial government for a briefing on September 20. An advance team of the MCFI will conduct initial screening and laboratory examinations on September 25. Actual operations will start at September 26. “Screening and of candidates lab tests are necessary to provide maximum safety for all procedures, especially among children and the elderlies,” Aportadera said. Medicines for post-operation treatment will also be provided free. Patients who will develop complications after the operation are also assured of continuous medical care from MCFI doctors. (PIA 12) | |||
==SouthCot worried over bird flu== | ==SouthCot worried over bird flu== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/09/13/southcot-worried-over-bird-flu/ | *Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/09/13/southcot-worried-over-bird-flu/ | ||
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He said local duck growers usually lease palay farms in some parts of the province for several weeks after the harvest season, which start every late August. | He said local duck growers usually lease palay farms in some parts of the province for several weeks after the harvest season, which start every late August. | ||
Owing to this, Teves said they have scheduled the random tests for bird flu this month in palay-producing areas in Tantangan and Norala towns as well as in Koronadal City. (Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews) | Owing to this, Teves said they have scheduled the random tests for bird flu this month in palay-producing areas in Tantangan and Norala towns as well as in Koronadal City. (Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews) | ||
==South Cotabato has new police provincial director== | ==South Cotabato has new police provincial director== | ||