by Nelson Boren
The St. Vincent Medical and Dental Clinic (SVMDC) will inaugurate its 1st year anniversary on September 26, 2010. Volunteer doctors headed by Dra. Teresita Agda, MD and other members of the management team including Dra. Mercy Agustin, MD and Ms. Norma Manalili as coordinator, among others. Activities planned for September 26, 2010 (Sunday) is a Thanksgiving Mass at 7:30 am where all volunteer dentists, paramedics, as well as the patients who have benefited from this program will be invited. During the mass, all will be acknowledged for their generosity and participation in sharing their time and resources and for the services they rendered in helping alleviate the physical condition of the poor among us.
Then the blessing of a better appointed clinic will be done after the mass to be followed by a medical mission without any fanfare. Various health awareness workshops on diabetes, dengue, and infectious diseases by our volunteer specialists from 1:00pm-3:00pm will follow.
The medical team considers this occasion a thanksgiving to God for the many blessings received through the prayers and intercession of St. Vincent de Paul through people’s generosity. Through this effort, it is fervently hoped that the clinic will grow and expand to continue serving more indigent patients in the community.
