Wounded soldiers confined at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Medical Center in Quezon City may look forward to making prosthetics for a living courtesy of Vice President Leni Robredo and her “Angat Buhay” partners.
Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo by OVP / MANILA BULLETIN)
Robredo told soldiers, most of them fought to liberate Marawi from local terrorists, about their efforts to give them free admission to the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center’s prosthetics-making course.
“Once we have in-house people who know how to make prosthetics, it will be a big help for soldiers. Not only that, it will also be a livelihood opportunity for soldiers who will not be able to return to service,” she said in Filipino.
The Vice President visited the injured soldiers at the AFP Health Service Command in V. Luna Medical Center on Nov. 30, Bonifacio Day during the “Straight from the Heart” program, a gift to heroes concert.
She was joined by representatives from UERM and Physicians for Peace, her flagship antipoverty program’s partners.
Robredo expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the soldiers, whom she enticed with an enrolment to UERM, as a reward for their services and sacrifices to the country.
They also brought pre-Christmas package for the wounded soldiers and their families.
Robredo said her office’s partners have been in talks with V. Luna Medical Center to give interested soldiers training to make prosthetics. She also discussed it with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and AFP chief General Rey Leonardo Guerrero.
The Vice President said there were seven soldiers who were initially chosen to take a prosthetic-making course at UERM.
“We have many countrymen in need of prosthetics. But only a few know how to make them,” she said.
Robredo’s Angat Buhay program has been providing prosthetic legs and arms to Filipinos with disabilities.
In her remarks, the Vice President thanked the soldiers at the hospital for their services.
“I think all Filipinos should take the opportunity to thank the soldiers who are our heroes. We need to give time for them because it is an honor to be able to thank them personally,” she said.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/12/02/injured-soldiers-unable-to-return-to-service-may-pursue-making-prosthethics-for-a-living/
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