Mighty Corp, Wong Chu King Foundation initiated Parañaque medical outreach

Mighty Corp's CSR arm, Wong Chu King Foundation had donated medicines needed by the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission Inc. Hospital. In this initiative made by the foundation, it will help boost its medical mission for thousands of poor families living in Paranaque City.

The said foundation which aims to perpetuate the memory of Emmanuel Wong Chu King, philanthropist and patriarch of the Wongchuking family. He reached out to the poor and underprivileged sectors with their nutrition, medical, education and livelihood needs.

Meanwhile, the FOLPMI Hospital was administered by the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres has been extended health care to indigents including ward accommodation since 1984.

“While we continue to give free healthcare and surgical needs to poor families, our hospital also offers very low rates for various medical services for those who can afford to pay,” said Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, FOLPMI president.

FOLPMI Hospital maintains an emergency room, an out-patient department and in-patient services, an operating room, laboratory and radiology services, along with   charity programs for the poor.

“Our founder Mr. WongChuKing always had a soft spot for the poor, especially children,” said James Navarette, general manager of the foundation.

They also funded the Hapag-Asa Integrated Nutrition Program of Assisi Development Foundation Inc. and provides the nutritional needs of more than eight million children nationwide.

Other partnerships that Wong Chu King Foundation and Mighty Corp has done for the past months such as the agreement with the University of the Philippines Law Class of 1978 and the Payatas Orione Foundation Inc. for a nutrition program for malnourished children at the Quezon City dump.

According to Maamo, the hospital has recently expanded services for indigent patients. They expanded its services to assist the poor communities and squatter areas in Metro Manila and Cavite City along with the 110 indigenous peoples’ communities of the country.

“Aside from general medical and surgical services, we can now provide ENT care, neurology, orthopedics, pediatric care, pulmonary care, dentistry, cleft and craniofacial care and family medicine, among others,” she said.