The Dagupan City government led by Mayor Benjie Lim welcomed the Filipino-American doctors comprising the Philippine Medical Association in Georgia, USA (PAMAG) in a dinner party hosted by the city held at the People’s Park on February 4.

Lim expressed his gratitude to some 90 medical experts and surgeons, led by its president Dr. Marilou Beltran, who are currently conducting series of surgical and medical operations at the Region I Medical Center and a free medication and consultation at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome from February 3 to 9.

A dental mission will be simultaneously conducted at the Lyceum-Northwestern University dental clinic.  

According to city health officer Leonard Carbonell, the PAMAG doctors who participated in the mission are experts in Ophthalmology, Urology, Pediatrics, Cardiology and Internal Medicine.  

With outlying patients from the six congressional districts of Pangasinan, Carbonell estimated an initial of 2,500 beneficiaries from the mission.
“Although this is on a first-come-first-serve basis, we will still accept walk in patients,” he noted.

He said that prior to medical mission days, patients were required to undergo pre-examination, consultation and listing to ensure efficient and effective management of the treatment procedures during the entire duration of the medical mission.

The holding of the medical-surgical-dental mission was made possible through the joint collaboration of PAMAG, city government, Region I Medical Center, Villaflor Hospital and the Lyceum-Northwestern University. (CIO/Leziel T. Cayabyab)