Butuan receives more donations from WMR

Friday 20th of July 2012

BUTUAN CITY, July 20 (PIA) -- The city government here has received the second batch of donated medical supplies and equipment from World Medical Relief, Inc. (WMR) for use at the Butuan City Medical Center.

WMR was founded in 1953 by Irene M. Auberlin to help orphaned children during Korean War. It later expanded into a global mission to aid millions of sick and poor people around the world. WMR’s first batch of medical supplies here arrived in January 2011.

The donations, which originated from Detroit, Michigan, USA, have reached some P40 million.

This second 40-foot container van was filled with P17 million worth of beds, cushions, wheelchairs, tables, crutches and other medical supplies and equipment.

Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. expressed gratitude to WMR for playing a vital role in the LGU’s cause to improve the health services of the city. He added he will continue to provide means to strengthen the said advocacy.

The donated medical supplies and equipment were formally turned over by World Medical Relief Ambassador of Health Dr. Dave Lee Zarate to Amante at the regional government center on Wednesday, with the presence of City Councilors Virgilio Nery and Ramon Carampatana, SK Federation President Rauzil Carampatana, Butuan Medical Center OIC Director Dr. Josephine Chua and other officials of the city government. (NCLM/Maria Luisa Dianah Z. Generalao/Butuan-PIO/PIA-Caraga)