The Friends of the PGH

20 FEBRUARY 2014

FPGH Donates Fishing Boats to Two Displaced Fishermen Affected by Typhoon Yolanda

The monthly meeting of the FPGH in February 2013 reported on the donated banca to one displaced fisherman in affected areas in Iloilo. More members also donated money to raise funds to adopt a second fisherman from Tacloban and buy him a banca to enable him to continue making a living. Apart from these reports, the monthly meeting also discussed its financial standing, the number of indigent patients served during the previous month and the purchase of 19 shunts from the donation made by a German foundation for hydrocephalus babies

12 APRIL 2014

Garage Sale to Raise Funds

The Friends of PGH organized a rummage sale on April 12 2014 at the house of officer Renee Francisco at Magallanes Village to raise funds for the poor patients of PGH. The goods sold at the rummage sale were donated by the members of FPGH as well as their friends. The well-attended rummage sale raised a good amount of money.

16 OCTOBER 2014

FPGH Celebrates its 30th Anniversary Year of the FPGH

The Friends of the PGH is a non-profit organization founded by volunteer ladies in October 1984. Its aim is to assist and support the Philippine General Hospital by providing health care and welfare to its indigent patients. Every year, around 600,000 patients go to PGH for treatment, of which almost 85% are indigent patients who can hardly cope to buy their medication to treat their illnesses. Medical personnel of PGH usually advise their indigent patients to run to the office of the Friends of PGH to seek help for their medication. For 30 years now, the Friends of PGH has helped countless indigent patients survive their health concerns. The members and Board of the Friends of PGH are still around to continue their advocacy but more funds are needed to be able to augment its dwindling resources. For its 30th Anniversary, around 50 members gathered at the Manila Polo Club with Dr. Esperanza Cabral as its guest speaker. A variety of health issues were raised and discussed with Dr. Cabral ranging from reproductive health, contraceptive methods, stem cells, public hospitals' poor conditions, heart attacks and strokes, fatty liver, kidney diseases, etc.

04 DECEMBER 2014

2014 Christmas gift-giving

Every December, the Friends of PGH visits around 180-200 indigent patients of PGH to bring them Christmas cheer by distributing a bagful of goodies. For 2014, the FPGH members visited the Pediatrics Ward, the ICU and the Division of Burns to gift them with bags of goodies. These goodies include toilet paper, towels, toothbrush and toothpaste, canned goods, biscuits and candies, and the like. Traditionally, after the gift-giving, the members who participated in the activity proceed to their annual Christmas luncheon.