Although the host of the project is just a small community in the CALABARZON region, the act of benevolence is reflected in the collective and long shot perspective of the organizers.
The Quezon Medical Hospital School of Nursing (QMHSN) in Lucena City in Quezon Province, a major component of CALABARZON, will conduct a diabetes educational outreach program this week.
According to the health sector data, diabetes is the most life-threatening illness that has visited a number of Filipinos not only in the province of Quezon but also in the whole of CALABARZON like the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Rizal.
Not only are many of the common men contracting and suffering from diabetes, film, television, multimedia and stage artists are also falling victims to the dreaded disease.
That is why Ramon R. Capanzana, a retired nurse who dabbles as a Fil-Am concert producer in the US, has embarked in a mission that could quantify his public service to his roots, Lopez, Quezon. “Pauwi kami ng Pilipinas para magbakasyon kaya naisipan naming mga nagtapos sa QMHSN na magsagawa ng diabetes educational outreach program para pagbabalik namin ng pasasalamat sa lahat ng aming nakamtang biyaya sa pagtatrabaho bilang mga nars sa ibang bansa (We were going home to the Philippines for a vacation that is why we, graduates of QMHSN thought of doing the project as a giving back for all the graces that we had achieved in working as nurses in other countries),” said Ramon, a 1976 alumnus of the QMHSN, spearheading the program with other three Quezonian nurses from abroad, three from the US and one from Saudi Arabia.
The QMHSN Batch 1976 will offer a seminar and diabetes testing sessions billed as “Diabates ay Iwasan Kaalaman ay Dagdagan (Beware of Diabetes, Intensify Knowledge)” on March 14, 2025 at 8:30 am at the Multipurpose Hall of Barangay Magsaysay in Lopez, Quezon.
Capanzana, a BSN-RN (USA) who has produced shows for the Apo Hiking Society in Texas, USA, is seminar chairperson while Leyden V. Florido, a Certified Diabetes Educator, is the seminar speaker/consultant.
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