The 1st Philippine Academy of Family Physicians-Davao Chapter hopes to raise funds for the poor when it holds the 1st PAFP Open Golf Tournament on December 9 at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club.
PAFP-Davao Chapter President Dr.Ana Liza Lanuza-Moscoso said that they intend to equip their Wellness Center at S.I.R. Matina which is serving the poor, especially children ages one to 12 years old, in coordination with the Davao City Health Office. Free consultation is given to the patients but they could not complete the laboratory tests because of the cost.
"We hope to raise the funds to buy laboratory equipment like a miscroscope and for CBC, urinalysis, stool exam," she said on Thursday's DSA Forum at the Tower Inn.
She said projects for health, education, surgeries and nutrition program are among the things they are currently working to help the marginalized sector.
"All the money that will be raised will be appropriated for the community," she said referring to the registration fee of P2,500.
Emcor has donated one motorcycle as one of the prizes for the tournament and an anonymous donor also came in to help them, she siad.
Help also came in from Pharma 3, Enterprise Bank, Pascual Laboratory, DPWH Malita, Ulticon Builders, Natrapharm, Atty.Bonifacio Military, LRI, Otsuka, Kiwanis Club of Cosmopolitan Detroit, Global Times, Stroke Society of the Philippines which is co-presenting the event.
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