Palawan to host medical mission

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan: A US-based association of Filipino District Congressman Gil Acosta, 3rd District Board Member Albert Rama, and the municipal government of Aborlan.

Acosta said the NTAPP was composed of 44 Filipino physicians who arrived on Sunday to provide free medical and minor surgical services to indigent residents of Aborlan town.

These are circumcision, harelip correction, breast- lumpectomy, biopsy, simple mastectomy, herniorrhaphy, hysterectomy-myomec- tomy, oophorectomy, appendectomy, colon resection with endto-end anastomosis, amputation for gangrene, thyroidectomy, lysis adhesions, colostomy, cesarean section, and tubal ligation.

Medical doctor Maria Arlin Josue, AMH chief, said they had prepared for the medical and surgical mission, and were excited for the residents of Aborlan.

“ Op- eration Centers ng Rescue 165

[For those who want to avail of free medical and surgical services they offer, residents can coordinate with the Operation Centers of Rescue 165],” she said.

Josue added they are grateful mission in the province for this year chose Aborlan, where there are a lot of residents who lack funds to pay even for minor surgeries.

AMH is a 50-bed capacity medi- care hospital in the first class municipality of Aborlan, located 69 kilometers from the capital of Puerto Princesa.

Its construction was funded cooperatively by the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Health-Mimaropa, the Palawan provincial government, and the local government unit of Aborlan.

It was part of 15 others being constructed in different municipalities in the province, including the island town of Coron.