DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — After it was launched in April this year, the Mobile Surgical Team, formed by the Negros Oriental provincial government, is bringing its services to Bindoy town for another round of surgical mission today.
The surgical mission starts today up to the 19th at the Bindoy District Hospital, located in the first district of the province, where various medical services will be rendered, said Adrian Sedillo, Capitol information officer.
Sedillo said the mission team' services would have both major and minor operations such as appendectomy and circumcision along with dental services such as tooth extraction. Other add-on services are body massage and hair cut.
He added the Mobile Surgical Mission is one of the main thrusts of the provincial government under the Sa Probinsya-MagDEGAMO Ta! with H-E-L-P or HELP (Health, Education, Livelihood Programs and Projects) for peace and development, as its centerpiece program.
Governor Roel Degamo will lead the team (composed of medical personnel from the NOPH, the chiefs of hospitals and the Rural Health Units of Bindoy, Ayungon and Tayasan towns), to the mission.
The team will also be joined by the members of the Philippine Academy of Medical Specialists or PAMS and the Association of Cebu Eye Specialists or ACES who will conduct free minor and major surgical procedures including eye-related concerns.
Degamo thanked various LGUs in the province for their cooperation to the various programs of the provincial government.
Meanwhile, Provincial Board Member Leland Estacion, chairman of the health committee, said Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong (1st district) also supports the mission. — THE FREEMAN