Friday, January 11, 2008 Equipment, supplies from abroad for Silay hospital
A 40-foot container van containing various items donated by the Medical Supplies Network, Incorporated (MSNI) of the Rotary District 6110 of Tulsa, Oklahoma is now at the Provincial Hospital in Silay City.
The donation consisted of surgery, anesthesiology, respiratory therapy, and urology equipment; central supply, diagnostic, laboratory and nursing paraphernalia; orthopedic and physical therapy apparatus, dental equipment and hospital beds.
Jean Trebol, Jarie Yulo and Chole Chua of the St. Scholasticas Bacolod Alumnae Foundation, Incorporated, the group who facilitated the donation and made sure that it reached the intended beneficiary, turned over the medical equipment and supplies to the Chief of Hospital Dr. Ma. Estrella Ledesma in the presence of Vice Governor Isidro P. Zayco.
During the third quarter of 2007, Rotarian Larry Biron, MSNI Director for Operations and Stanley Togikawa from District 5000 Rotary Club of Ala Moana Shiraki Memorial Foundation in Vancouver, Honolulu, Hawaii paid a courtesy visit to Governor Joseph Maraqon and informed the provincial chief executive of the donation.
The equipment will be for the poor and needy constituents who cannot afford the cost of a laboratory examination and other expenses in a private hospital.
Economic Enterprise Development Department head Lawyer Japhet Masculino and the governors executive secretary Gerard Tupas were also present during the turnover.
