CLEVELAND, Ohio – Free medical services for residents of Tanauan City and Malvar, Batangas, and Tacloban in Leyte will be provided by doctors of the Association of Philippine-American Physicians of Ohio in late January.
The medical mission will start January 25 in Tanauan City and Malvar in Batangas at the Laurel Memorial District Hospital. The visit is sponsored by Mayor Antonio C. Halili and Mayor Carlito R. Reyes, MD, respectively.
From February 2 to 6, the medical mission will be in Tacloban City, at the RTR Hospital under the direction of Dr. Wilfredo Liao and sponsored by the RTR Foundation and Mission Tacloban under the direction of Ana Margarita Ginggay Hontiveros.
APPO Mission Chair is Armando B. Damian, MD and overall mission coordinator is Carmencita Caliwara Damian, MD. Rumilia Tolentino Nogueiral, MD is APPO’s president.
The mission will also visit to Cabuynan Elementary School in Leyte, which was rebuilt after Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan. The Unified Filipino-American Organizations of Greater Cleveland donated classrooms to this school.