A TOTAL of 46 members and dependents of the Zamboanga Press Club Inc. (ZPCI) have benefited in the medical mission conducted by West Metro Medical Center (West Metro) and ZPCI on Saturday, October 28.
The medical mission, through a pop-up clinic, was held at the ZPCI office along Pilar Street in the village of Zone IV, Zamboanga City.
Thirty-six of the 46 beneficiaries were adults while the remaining 10 were children.
The services rendered during the medical mission included free consultation for adults and children; random blood sugar test; cholesterol test; and uric acid test.
Hermie Ventura, ZPCI committee on health chairperson, said the association came up with the activity to help the co-workers in the media industry as well as their dependents.
“We should also think of our health,” Ventura, who is also the ZPCI auditor, said.
He said the medical mission will be held on a yearly basis with the help of the ZPCI supporters like the West Metro for the benefit of the members of the association and local media industry workers as well as their dependents.
The conduct of the medical mission was discussed by West Metro President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon Diaz to ZPCI President Teofilo Garcia, Jr. during the renewal the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the hospital and the press club.
The two parties has a standing MOA for the grant of five percent discount on all medicines purchased at MedExpress Drugstore to all ZPCI members in good standing.
The West Metro team to the medical mission was led by Dr. Wilhelmina Hocson, pediatrician and West Metro Medical Center director; Dr. Crystal Joy Bolodo, Internal Medicine Resident; and, nurses Faida Misuari, Rea Elika Chan, Rechi Von Vesagas, Joan Epan and Gay Mary Cruz and Marketing Manager Monabelle Blanco-Delgado.
The West Metro is operated by the Metro Pacific Zamboanga Hospital Corporation and is a proud member of the Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc.
Among those who extended support to the activity were Councilor Miguel Alavar III, City Health Officer Dr. Rodelin Agbulos and Bureau of Customs personnel.
Garcia said he is grateful to the West Metro and the ZPCI for the support they extended for the success in the conduct of the medical outreach mission. (Bong Garcia/VoxPop Philippines)