ICTSI Foundation, VCT sponsor free surgeries for Iloilo pedia patients

Dr. Beda Espineda (second from left), WSFP trustee and pediatric surgeon, with ICTSI Foundation Program Heads Bunny Palad (third from left) and Eloida Arcena (far right) during the 2024 Iloilo Pediatric Surgical Outreach at Western Visayas Medical Center.

The ICTSI Foundation and Visayas Container Terminal recently supported World Surgical Foundation Philippines' (WSFP) surgical outreach in Iloilo City by sponsoring major and minor surgeries for 23 indigent pediatric patients at the Western Visayas Medical Center.  

The surgical outreach is in line with WSFP's Colostomy Freedom Project, which aims to improve patients' quality of life by helping them regain normal digestive functions. 

MORE Electric and Power Corp., a power distribution company in Iloilo City, also sponsored the project.

Volunteer doctors working on a patient.