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The Medical Mission
Group Hospitals and Health Services Cooperative Philippines Federation will be
holding its 10th General Assembly at the Bohol Heritage Hotel tomorrow afternoon.
The
MMGHHSCP Federation is made up of 23 Primary Health Cooperatives nationwide.
These
health coops are in Aklan (Kalibo), Benguet (Baguio City), Bicol (Albay), Bicol
(Camarines Sur - Iriga), Bicol (Sorsogon), Bohol (Tagbilaran), Bulacan (Bocaue),
Cebu City, Davao City, Davao del Norte (Tagum), Masbate, MetroManila East (Pasig),
Negros Oriental (Dumaguete);
Oriental
Mindoro (Calapan), Palawan (Puerto Princesa), Quezon Province (Lucena, Lukban,
Gumaka), South Cotabato (General Santos), Southern Leyte (Maasin), Surigao del
Sur (Tandag), Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Norte (Dipolog), Zamboanga de Sur
(Pagadian) and Zambales (Olongapo)
Member
chapters of the MMGHHSCP Federation operate hospitals, diagnostic centers and
drug distribution facilities nationwide. The MMGHHSCP, as the first health cooperative
in the Philippines, envisions adequate, affordable, accessible and appropriate
health care delivery to the community with a special bias for the marginalized.
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year's GA theme is "Health Through Community Effort and Individual Participation."
The Federation affirms its belief that stand-alone hospitals or health institutions
whose operations are not based on community organization, participation and patronage
along the lines of need and not individual affordability, are things of the past.
The
Federation's thrust this year is the nationwide establishment of Paluagan sa Kalusugan,
a community based health financing scheme patterned after the age-old tradition
of Dajong, a community mortuary fund so prevalent in the traditions of the province
of Bohol. | A
corollary project of PSK is the establishment of training centers in member chapters'
hospitals for the out of school youth. The training curriculum centers on civil
trades like hospital building maintenance and housekeeping and will eventually
lead to civil trades and health care giving. This program is designed with the
participation of Don Bosco Institutes and TESDA.
The
Federation has a total membership of approximately 2000 medical doctors nationwide
and employs 10,000 health and auxiliary workers in their hospitals and other health
facilities nationwide. Its total consolidated assets add up to one billion pesos. |
