Dr. Agbulos Re-elected Puericulture Chairman

Dr. Rodel Agbulos once again came out victorious as chairman of the board of directors of the Zamboanga Puericulture Center No. 144 Inc. during its annual board elections yesterday.

Agbulos has been the president and chairman of said socio-humanitarian organization since 1996, and got re-elected in 2006. This year, Agbulos was given an overwhelming support with fresh mandate to lead the Puericulture by the members and stakeholders.

It was during the administration of Agbulos that the ZPC has soared with numerous developmental program and expanded its hospital services, from a mere health center, then to a primary lying in center, and now as secondary hospital that offers elective and operative surgeries.

Agbulos introduced proactive programs in the medical services to whom the community has largely depended on the services and assistance Puericulture is offering. For many years now, Zamboanga Puericulture has been recognized nationally as the most active Puericulture in the Philippines .

Agbulos is also responsible for making the center efficient with new and modern equipment and the improvement of its emergency room.

Reelected board members are: Dr. Rolando Felisilda, Fidel Milan, Estrella Avila, Janet Rivera, Roberto Torres, Ibrahim Rugasan, Luis Vicente Despalo III, Nonito Aranas, Coleta Saavedra, and Erwin Bernardo.

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Puericulture Center Bares Programs

Zamboanga Puericulture Hospital is gearing to implement more dynamic and emergent programs for health, education, and enterprise, to serve the people’s needs in the city’s urban center.

Thus said hospital chairman Dr. Rodel M. Agbulos during a board meeting last week, as he summoned at the same time the board of directors of the Zamboanga Puericulture Center to adopt full measures of effective yet functioning approaches as well as relevant solutions to make Puericulture a public center of cooperation and service

“We are living up to the demands of the times, and Puericulture has been part of the development and growth of Zamboanga City, thus the need to upgrade its services and advantage by adopting significant measures in the fields of medical services, education, and even in the entrepreneurial pursuit of the residents,” Agbulos emphasized.

He revealed that among the priority programs in the drawing board are the expansion of the out-patient ward and the relocation of the operating and delivery rooms.

Agbulos said there is a primodial need to expand the wards as well as the operating and delivery rooms and equip the same with modern medical equipment to serve the people even better.

He also presented the blueprint to offer midwifery course in said institution that is slated to open on June 2010, as well as the plan to acquire a multi-million property to establish a decent learning environment for the Puericulture Kindergarten School in Tetuan.

“A wholistic formula will give the people better benefits. Puericulture Center symbolizes traditional way of helping people, but we also need to embrace sound and forward-looking concept of service, if only the tradition and legacy of service that Puericulture is known for will be appreciated further,” Agbulos said.

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