■DOCTORS GROUP TO HOLD NON-INVASIVE VASECTOMY MISSION IN CEBU, MANILA

No scalpel vasectomy is an option for men who need a permanent method in family planning. There are only a few doctors in the country who can perform this modern, 15-minute, Band-Aid-only procedure, which the NSVI pioneered in the Philippines

A team of foreign doctors called No Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) International Inc. will be in the country from Feb. 12-20 to conduct the modern no-needle, no-scalpel vasectomy mission at the Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila and on Feb. 12 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Cebu City. NSV is an option for men who need a permanent family planning method.

The No Scalpel Vasectomy International Inc.(NSVI), with a team of foreign doctors, will be in the Philippines on Feb. 12-20, 2018 to conduct the modern no needle, no scalpel vasectomy missions.

It will be held at the Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila on Feb. 12 and at Sacred Heart Hos- pital in Cebu City and in other venues in Cebu on Feb. 13 to 20.

The team of doctors is headed by Dr. Douglas Stein. Dr. Ramon Suarez, NSVI president, will also be part of the team.

NSV is an option for men who needs a permanent method in family planning.

This is an opportunity since there are only a few doctors in the country who can perform this modern, 15-minute band-aid only no needle/no scalpel vasectomy, which the NSVI pioneered in the Philippines.

This is free to interested Filipinos(for foreign nationals, the professional fee will range from P10,000 to P20,000.

Executive Order 12 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last Jan. 9, 2017 ordered government agencies and local government units to intensify the modern family planning to attain the “zero unmet need for fam- ily planning” and for this to be more accessible to poor Filipinos to reduce poverty.

The group has been providing free modern vasectomy since 2001, and will also shoulder the expenses of the medicines, anesthetics, medical supplies, including the “income replacement” assistance to those NSV patient with low income(for the two to three days no heavy work/lifting.

Prior to the holding of the procedure to the beneficiaries, an NSV orientation/education/ counseling, and Q&A (question and answer) session, as needed, to inform the potential clients of the facts about the NSV.

For more information, pre-registration or NSV education, contact 0923-8822386 or email at proqualitylife@gmail.com; or message FB: frohnie d cagalitan, or call Sacred Heart Hospital at 418-8980.

In Manila, one may call Joy at Mary Johnston Hospital at 2454021 local 247/237.