Go opens Malasakit Center at VMMC
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go led the launching of the country’s 96th Malasakit Center at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City on Dec. 18.
This is the seventh hospital in Quezon City to open a Malasakit Center. The others are East Avenue Medical Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Novaliches District Hospital, Philippine Children’s Medical Center and Philippine Heart Center.
In his speech, Go reiterated that the fight against COVID-19 is far from over.
He recognized the sacrifices of medical and uniformed frontliners in the battle against the pandemic.
Go, who chairs the Senate committee on health, expressed his gratitude to the medical community for their services.
“Sa mga frontliners, doctors, nurses and other health workers, lalo na dito sa VMMC, maraming salamat sa inyong serbisyo sa panahon na ito. Gaya ng mga sundalo, kayo ang pinapadala sa giyera. Kayo ang inaasahan ng bansa sa laban natin sa COVID-19,” he said.
Quezon City Vice Mayor Gian Sotto, Second District Councilor Mikey Belmonte, presidential assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino and Lt. Gen. Allen Paredes, Air Force commanding general, also attended the event.
Go vowed to continue pushing for measures for the welfare of medical frontliners.
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