SNAMS, ICSFI, and CKS partners to train Aeta TBAs on Women’s Month

by CHENNIE CERVAS

Closing the women’s month, the School of Nursing and Allied Medical Sciences (SNAMS), in collaboration with the Institute for Christian Formation and Social Integrations (ICSFI) and the Center for Kapampangan Studies (CKS), invited some Aeta traditional birth attendants (TBAs) from

Sapangbato in Pampanga, and Bamban and Capas in Tarlac to the University on March 31, 2023

SNAMS’ Nursing faculty led by Dr Leonor Lumanlan, exchanged knowledge, and trained the TBAs on modern medical techniques and procedures of childbirth at the Nursing Arts Laboratory on the ground floor of the Mamerto G. Nepomuceno (MGN) building The TBAs were also given their own OB kits equipped with basic supplies like thermometers, oximeters, and blood pressure monitoring needs Aside from the SNAMS faculty, ICSFI Head, Ms Norielyn Pineda and CKS administrator, Ms Myra Paz, attended the activity

As mandated by the law, all childbirths must be done in a medical facility such as a hospital or a lying inn Home births have been considered illegal unless done as an emergency measure or in geographically isolated areas and the OIC-Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr Al D Biag

Another highlight of the night was the toast to the new RNs, RMTs, and RRTs led by Assoc. Prof. Jenny Rose L Ignacio, EdD, MAN, RN, Asst Prof Elvie G Arriola, RMT, MSc, MT(ASCP), and Asst. Prof. Ramy M Yalung, MSRT, RRT To end the night, an audio-visual presentation of the batches was displayed by the Masters of Ceremony, Asst Prof Jayzel S Silvestre, MSRT, RRT and Asst Prof Denmark Gabriel, MSN, RN

PHISMETS-HAU collabs with Cutud Elementary School for an outreach activity

by HAIDEE KATO

On March 29, 2023, the PHISMETS-HAU Chapter, in collaboration with Cutud Elementary School, headed by Dr Caryll Lisette Reyes, successfully conducted a community outreach program at the school’s gymnasium The outreach activity was participated by some Medical Technology professors and students who offered their knowledge, skills and time to provide free laboratory services to the chosen community. PHISMETS-HAU, with the guidance and collaboration of their professors, offered free urinalysis, fecalysis and random blood sugar testing Apart from the free services, PHISMETS-HAU also invited Asst Prof Noriel Calaguas, Nursing Chairperson, and Ms Rhiana Selam, a Nursing faculty, to give a timely talk on breast and cervical cancer awareness before the Women’s Month ends

The outreach activity organized by PHISMETSHAU did not only benefit the locals of their chosen community but the Phoenixes as well who were able to interact with real patients and hone their skills by assisting and performing the different laboratory tests availed for free by the beneficiaries