The VPHCS joined a
series of operation tuli launched this
summer, as in previous years.
The VPHCS team of
doctors and volunteers joined the annual operation tuli in the Municipality of
Baclayon, Bohol on May 2 where more than
250 boys were circumcised. The local
government unit of Baclayon sponsored the tuli. The
VPHCS team which helped the staff of the Baclayon Rural Health Unit was
composed of Dr. Grace Molina, Dr. Oliver Gimenez, Irish Ramirez, Edgar Gahisan,
Emelie Fernandez, and Linda de Castro.
Nursing students of the Students’ Alliance for Community Health Services
(SACHS) also helped in the services.
VPHCS staff Irish
Ramirez circumcises a boy in Baclayon.
VPHCS staff Emelie
Fernandez in Baclayon tuli.
VPHCS team of volunteers also joined another
tuli in Poblacion Medellin, which was organized by the Perez Monasque
Foundation. More than 200 boys benefitted
from the free circumcision held on May 5.
Mothers and their
boys wait for their turn during the tuli in Medellin sponsored by the Perez
Monasque Foundation on May 5, 2012.
VPHCS
team and volunteers pose with members of the Perez Monasque Foundation during
the tuli in Medellin on May 5.
VPHCS
volunteers in the operation tuli in Medellin.
The
VPHCS also lent its tuli instruments during
two free circumcisions organized by the local government units of
Paknaan and Labogon, Mandaue City on May
19 and 26, respectively. The activities
were held in coordination with the Cebu Institute of Medicine- Community
Medico-Social Services (CIM-CMSS) in Paknaan.
Dr. Erlinda Posadas, staff of the VPHCS and also a faculty member of the
CIM joined medical students and resident doctors of the medical school in
rendering the circumcision services. More than 350 boys benefitted from the two
occasions.
Medical
students and doctors of the Cebu Institute of Medicine together with VPHCS
staff Dr. Erlinda Posadas, and Labogon
barangay captain Damaso Tumulak and health center personnel in the tuli on May
26, 2012.
