This coming September 6, 2009, more than 100,000 doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, health workers, medical professionals and concerned Filipino citizens from the government and private sector set a nationwide saturation drive for medical, dental, feeding and information-gathering missions. This event is in partnership with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).
Dubbed as the “100 Percent in One Day” project, the PCSO’s nationwide medical, dental and information- gathering mission aims to cover all of the country’s 41,995 barangays.
For the medical and dental missions, the PCSO expects to cover 25,197 barangays in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, representing 60 percent of the total number of barangays in the country.
Medicines to be distributed free to patients at the sites include amoxicillin drops, capsules and suspension; metropolol tablets; mefenamic acid, paracetamol drops and tablets; and ascorbic drops, tablets and syrups.
The feeding missions would also be conducted in selected barangays, mostly in depressed areas, in coordination with church-based groups and civic organizations. (PIA)