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400 benefit from free BARMM surgical mission

Published Oct 20, 2025 04:32 pm
DAVAO CITY – Nearly 400 residents from the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Montawal and Pagalungan in Maguindanao del Sur benefited from a recent free surgical mission.
The surgical mission dubbed ‘’Oplan: Serbisyong Alay sa Mamamayan’’ (SAM) is a special program of the Ministry of Health under the Kasama MOH sa Kalusugan which aims to deliver the healthcare services needed by every constituent of the region.
It was held at Deseret Surgimed Hospital Inc. and Deseret Ambulatory Referral Center Foundation in Kabacan town, Cotabato province.
Doctors remain unfazed amid the ongoing aftershocks due to the twin earthquakes in Davao Oriental on Oct. 10.
A few light aftershocks were felt in Kabacan which is over 400 kilometers away from the epicenter.
"At the back of my mind, we can't help but worry about the safety of patients, especially under any ongoing surgical intervention. However, as believers, our faith seemed stronger than the threat and the perceived adverse effect of earthquakes at any moment, not only during special medical and surgical procedures,” said MOH chief Dr. Kadil Sinolinding Jr.
“I am happy to be part of providing hope among the marginalized people through genuine pro-people surgical intervention,” Sinolinding added.
Healthcare services should be afforded to multi-sectoral constituents of SGA and BARMM, he said.
Fifty minor surgeries, 25 major surgeries, including 19 cheiloplasty or cleft lip/palate, and 70 cataract and pterygium procedures were conducted.
The MOH distributed 220 reading glasses and provided free medicines.
Among the doctors who joined the surgical mission were Lanao del Sur Provincial Hospital Chief of Clinics Dr. Sittie Naymah Pandi-Lamping.
Lamping said that the mission was extra special because she had the chance to serve people from SGA.
“Napakasaya ng pakiramdam na matulungan sila at maging parte ng pagbabago sa kanilang nararamdaman at sa kanilang buhay.”
Sinolinding thanked members of the mission – Dr. Siegfred Keene Macapas, medical director, Deseret Hospital Foundation Inc.; general surgeons Dr. Ismael Ammad, Dr. Amerah Oyod-Limjuco, and Dr. Marjohn Caro; anesthesiologist Dr. Edwin John Limjuco, Dr. Simer Paul Mariano, obstetrician and gynecologist, Lamping, and Dr. Nahara Batawi and Dr. Mohammad Jhalil Bantuas, ENT.
“We will continue conducting surgical missions and other healthcare activities in the region to make sure that all residents of the Bangsamoro are healthy, safe, and strong,” Sinolinding said.

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