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San Juan Medical Center unveils Biological Safety Cabinet

Published Nov 5, 2024 08:20 am

At A Glance

  • The San Juan City LGU now personalizes treatments that those afflicted with breast cancer can now avail of at the San Juan Medical Center.
Bettina Osmena, Libet Virata of HWAO, Mayor Francis Zamora, Keri Zamora, Cong. Bel Zamora-Jornada, and Estée Lauder Enterprise marketing and data manager Miccah Doctolero.jpg
BREAKTHROUGH Bettina Osmena and Libet Virata of HWAO, with Mayor Francis Zamora, Keri Zamora, Cong. Bel Zamora-Jornada, and Estée Lauder enterprise marketing and data manager Miccah Doctolero

 

The San Juan Medical Center (SJMC)now has its own Biological Safety Cabinet. If previously the city’s breast cancer survivors would have to go to private hospitals within the city as regular patients, the LGU can now personalize the treatment and have them do their chemotherapy treatments at the SJMC.

 

SJMC medical director Dr. Joseph Acosta.jpg
SJMC medical director Dr. Joseph Acosta

 

HWAO's Libet Virata, Tang Singson, and Mayor Francis Zamora.jpg
HWAO's Libet Virata, Tang Singson, and Mayor Francis Zamora

 

For this project of HWAO (Helping Women & Others), Estée Lauder, and the Caring Keri Foundation, a simple turnover ceremony was held, replete with a marker unveiled at the SJMC Cancer Care Center. San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora, and Congresswoman Isabel Zamora-Jornada were present, and welcomed Libet Virata, HWAO chairman, and Miccah Doctolero of Estée Lauder.

 

Cong. Isabel Zamora-Jornada.jpg
Cong. Isabel Zamora-Jornada

 

Mayor Francis Zamora and Keri Zamora.jpg
CARING KERI Mayor Francis Zamora and Keri Zamora

 

HWAO chairman Libet C. Virata.jpg
HWAO chairman Libet C. Virata

 

HWAO board members Gina Aboitiz, Bettina Osmena, the author, Libet C. Virata, and Tang Singson with the pharmacists who’ll be manning the Biological Safety Cabinet at the Cancer Care Center of SJMC.jpg
CANCER CARE HWAO board members Gina Aboitiz, Bettina Osmena, the author, Libet C. Virata, and Tang Singson with the pharmacists who’ll be manning the Biological Safety Cabinet at the Cancer Care Center of SJMC

 

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