Thursday, September 29, 2005
Medical film advance screening held at university
By Edmund Sestoso
SKYCABLE with Star World Pictures held an advance screening of the multimillion-dollar educational film "Medical Investigation" at Silliman University (SU) Assembly Hall Saturday night.
Doctors, nurses, and medical students thronged the hall to watch the internationally acclaimed medical film, which series carries 20 episodes.
The film showed that diseases kill more people per day than the natural disasters, man made calamities, and crimes combined.
Glynda Descuatan, SkyCable manager, said the advance screening was made in Dumaguete City because of its intellectual environment that has earned for it the title university town.
Dr. Jonathan Amante, a faculty of the SU medical school, said that with diseases rampaging humanity, medical science should be given utmost concern and priority to save millions of lives.
Negros Oriental chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross held a first aid demonstration before the show.
Descuatan said that the drama series received recognition for its gritty treatment of real inspired scenario, in depth exploration of the genesis of an epidemic, and its non-sensationalistic approach to the disease.
The US-based National Health Institute has endorsed the series that boasts a stellar cast with Neal McDonough as Dr. Stephen Connor; Kelli Williams as Dr. Natalie Durant, Troy Winbush, and Christopher Gorham.
Amante said the drama series is relevant that with SARS still a threat in Asia, the Marburg outbreak in Angola earlier this year, the continuing bird flu epidemic, which is rapidly spreading globally, and the recent pig-borne virus in China.
(September 29, 2005 issue)
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