19/10/2025
PHC and ONP Concludes First Outreach Mission
They say good things take time, and with the first-ever VSD Outreach Mission being done and dusted, the Philippine Heart Center and the Ospital ng Palawan can definitely say that the time it took to actually proceed with the mission was worth waiting for.
All seven pediatric patients are now extubated and out of the recovery rooms, and are now starting on their cardiac rehabilitation sessions. This is a testament to the success of our first-ever outreach mission, driven by the expertise, grit, and teamwork that both Hospitals have shared throughout the pre-, actual, and post-procedures.
In the Outreach Mission's closing program, Dr. Gerardo S. Manzo, PHC's TCVS Consultant and former Deputy Executive Director for Medical Services, challenged the ONP to help realize the goal of bringing cardiovascular care to all eighteen regions, with the ONP focusing on Region IV-B (MIMAROPA). This herculean project was started by the Philippine Heart Center in 2013 and was further strengthened by Senate Bill No. 1133 or the Regional Heart Center Act.
In return, Dr. Juvelito C. Ang, ONP's OIC-Chief of Medical Professional Staff, thanked the PHC for not giving up on them as the Hospital has been on the list as a potential regional heart center since 2012, and has promised to commit to being the region's cardiac specialty center.
To our friends from the Ospital ng Palawan, thank you for a job well done, and we will be seeing and working with you again in the near future!
credits: Aileen Esperanza