497 patients get medical assistance
A total of 497 Bulacan residents received medical and health care services during the Surgical, Medical and Integrative Medicine Mission sponsored by GC Rivera Foundation from February 19-21 at the Rogaciano M. Mercado Memorial Hospital (RMMMH) in Santa Maria, Bulacan.
Through the foundation’s sponsorship and with the help of its top benefactor, Ashley Kohler, the mission was able to provide health services to 244 patients with medical needs and perform 32 major surgery and 18 minor surgery.
Prior to the scheduled medical mission, 11 boxes of operating room and medical supplies had already been shipped to RMMMH.
The foundation’s president, Jere Rivera-Dugenio, said that aside from performing major and minor operations, their team of medical doctors also provided prescriptions for the medications needed by the beneficiaries.
“We also set up our own pharmacy where all patients seen by doctors can pick up their medications at no charge at all,” Rivera-Dugenio said.
His team of doctors, nutritionists and therapists also offered treatment, therapy and nutritional advise to children with autism and special needs.
The foundation also pledged 20 hospital beds for RMMMH.
RMMH chief David Rawland Domingo said that the patients who availed of the free medical and alternative health care services were pre-identified, but they also accepted walk-in patients during the conduct of the mission.
Bulacan Gov. Daniel Fernando and Vice Gov. Alexis Castro expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the GC Rivera Foundation for conducting their medical mission in Bulacan.
The GC Rivera Foundation is exclusively organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.
The primary intention is to provide medical and alternative medicine health care to underprivileged individuals and children with special needs (autism spectrum disorder, down syndrome, multiple sclerosis, etc.) through paradigm-shifting, integrative, medical, surgical missions within and outside the United States of America.