20/08/2023
Part of the republic act No. 10028 states that:
To raise awareness on the importance of and to further promote breastfeeding, the month of August in each and every year throughout the Philippines shall be known as “Breastfeeding Awareness Month". This is in order to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in the Philippines as the normal, natural and preferred method of feeding infants and young children.
In line with this, the MRXUH, in partnership with the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of OB-Gyn held a breastfeeding awareness activity last August 8, 2023, in the form of interactive lectures and games with the theme this year "Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a Difference for Working Parents".
The attendees were the post-partum patients and expectant mothers from MRXUH as well as breastfeeding mothers from the community of Nazareth.
Highly esteemed guest speakers of the activity were Dr. Geraliz Dano and Dr. Jessamine Sareno-Ang. Also, a message from a breastfeeding mother who is at the same time a nurse, Ma'am Nina Margarette Garingo, topped off the event by sharing her heart-warming breastfeeding experience.
This event was graced by the presence of Sr. Mary Hazel Tabada, SPC; Assistant nursing service director Ma'am Teofanes Guinita, Sir Kirby Retuya from the Department of Health, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics Dr. Felix Bernard Cepeda, Chairman of the Department of OB-Gyn Dr. Rico Borromeo; Pediatric consultants Dr. Alvaro Loquias and Dr. Lourdes Jane Ramonal and MRXUH Pediatrics / Ob-gyn residents and clerks.
Hello there breastfriends!