In a bid to improve and expand the services of the
MakatiMed Foundation Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan and AFP
Chief of Staff Gen. Hernando Iriberri recently signed a memorandum of agreement
at Camp Aguinaldo
The MMC Foundation renewed the MOA with a larger coverage of
partner public hospitals from the different major services of the Armed Forces,
including the hospitals and medical facilities of the Philippine Army, Navy and
the Air Force. This new strategic direction is being implemented under the
leadership of Gen. Iriberri, and aims to help equip the AFP’s technical
expertise towards delivering quality health care services to the hundreds of
thousands of Filipino soldiers and their dependents.
Also present at the ceremony were Usec. Bautista, MakatiMed
Foundation vice chair Judy Araneta Roxas, MakatiMed Foundation president Dr.
Victor Gisbert, MD and Conchitina Sevilla Bernardo, trustee.
MakatiMed also recently hosted the first Metro Pacific
Investments Corp. Nursing Summit titled “Exceeding Hospital Excellence through
MPIC Alliance.” The one-day event, which was supported by eight other health
institutions in the MPIC hospital group, served as a venue for MPIC nursing
leaders to collaborate with the aim of standardizing the nursing practices
across the hospital group.
Participants came from the nursing divisions of MPIC hospitals in Metro Manila and key provinces that include Asian Hospital and Medical Center (Muntinlupa), Cardinal Santos Medical Center (San Juan), Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Manila), De Los Santos Medical Center (Quezon City), MegaClinic (Mandaluyong), Central Luzon Doctors’ Hospital (Tarlac City), Davao Doctors Hospital (Davao City) and Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital (Bacolod City).
The event was the brainchild of Christine Donnelly,
MakatiMed’s VP for Nursing and Patient Care Services. “Since we’re a part of
the largest group of hospital systems, (we thought) why not gather all nursing
leaders and together create more nursing initiatives?” Donnelly said,
explaining how the MPIC Summit came into being.
According to MakatiMed president and CEO Rosalie Montenegro,
it was the first time the different MPIC nursing groups collaborated at a
clinical level. “We have collaborated on the corporate side, but not yet on the
clinical side, and I think nursing is a good place to start, as our nurses are
the face of our hospitals,” Montenegro remarked, adding that in MakatiMed,
nursing leaders push the Triple Cs – competence, communication and compassion.
“If we have competent, communicative and compassionate healthcare, our nursing industry will be significantly enhanced. This
In the keynote speech of Manny Pangilinan during the summit,
he noted that the best nurses have the best chances to be leaders. “MPIC firmly
supports the notion that leadership empowerment for our nurses is the best way
to achieve optimal healthcare experience. Nurses should be strong enough to
withstand everything and kind enough to understand patients,” he said.
“I am here today not only in acknowledgement of your skills,
but as an expression of gratitude to you as well. You are more vital than any
health organization can ever express,” Pangilinan told the nurses.
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