Serving sick children, the elderly and persons with disabilities
At least 220 parishioners of the San Fernando de Dilao Parish Church in Paco, Manila, were recipients of the medical mission sponsored by the Order of Malta Philippines on August 18, 2019. As part of the parish’s celebration of their fiesta, the medical mission provided free medical services to the indigent people, including consultations and free medicines. Patients included sick children, senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
For this event, the Order of Malta Philippines mobilized volunteers from the St. Martin de Porres Charity Hospital in San Juan, San Agustin Parish in Paranaque and San Fernando de Dilao Parish in Paco. This is the second time that the Order of Malta Philippines served this parish. Rev. Msgr. Rolando R. dela Cruz, Parish Priest and Rev. Fr. Carlo P. Del Rosario, Parochial Vicar, thanked the medical volunteers for their free service to his parishioners and said that the mission was a tremendous success in terms of its health impact to the barangays covered by the parish.
Moreover, in addition to the said medical mission, the San Fernando de Dilao Parish had organized the provision of dental consultation and tooth extraction, eye glass prescription and dispensation, health massage delivery by professional blind and deaf masseurs and haircuts for free.
