US Armed Forces lady officer returns to Legazpi City with more medical provisions for villagers

From the Philippine News Agency (May 1): US Armed Forces lady officer returns to Legazpi City with more medical provisions for villagers

“I shall return.”

Thus promised Major Grace Janosek of the United States Armed Forces (USAF) last year to residents of Barangay Bigaa here, to bring more medical supplies and equipment.

USAF and Armed Forces of the Philippines soldiers conducted the U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) in September 2013, and held a medical and dental mission in the village, treating thousands of residents.

Due to the huge number of patients who lined up for the mission, it ran out of medicines and supplies, prompting Major Janosek, Team Leader 3 of the Civil Affairs of the US Marine Corps, to vow to come back and bring more-than-sufficient medical provisions with her.

And she did a "MacArthur".

Janosek went to Barangay Bigaa on Wednesday afternoon and turned over to Barangay Captain (village chief) Bobby Arienda baby bassinets, medical examination table, medical file cabinet, table bedside cabinet, wheelchair, sharp container (50 pieces), bedside stand, arm splint (20 pieces), surgical sponge (250 pieces), surgical pack (50 pieces), bed sheet (200 pieces), bandage (500 pieces), health and comfort kit Type 1 (500 pieces), scale, thermometer (25 pieces), cuff blood-fluid warmer (25 pieces), stethoscope (25 pieces) and nebulizer (3 pieces) for the use of the village health unit.

The medical supplies and equipment were worth thousands of US dollars, Janosek said.

Arienda expressed his deep gratitude to Janosek and her companions, while the whole village burst into applause and cheers when they saw what the lady soldier brought as she promised last year.

During the PHIBLEX 14, Barangay Bigaa was among the villages benefited by activities undertaken by the US soldiers, especially with the acceptance and cooperation they gave to the foreign visitors.

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