Zamboanga Doctors

Hospital, Inc.
Celebrates
Newborn Screening
Awareness Week
from October 01-08, 2011

With the theme,

Newborn Screening: A
healthy start towards a
babys healthy life

We prick because we
care

Children/Babies are the greatest gifts

parents long to have. They are the
future leaders of tomorrow...
Thus, with this belief, every child
deserves to be nurtured essentially
in order to grow and live a fruitful
life

One way of nurturing them and making sure

that they live and grow normally is starting
30-48 hours after birth through the
Newborn Screening Test.
To save these babies from mental retardation,
Zamboanga Doctors Hospital (ZDH)
strongly supports the Newborn Screening
Program by providing the said service.

To commemorate the
Newborn Screening Awareness
Week, Zamboanga Doctors Hospital
came up with an advocacy project to
promote the importance and educate
the public on Newborn Screening
itself.

A streamer was hanged outside the

hospital which is facing the roadside
along Veterans Avenue and posters
were also put up on the bulletin
boards.

The chief nurse of the

hospital Mrs. Maria Bella
Tandoc posing beside the
poster

Along the lobby area of the hospital,

from 8am- 5pm film viewing on
Newborn Screening was shown.

T-shirts were designed for the staff to

wear in support for the Newborn
Screening Advocacy

A simple pamphlet with

basic information about
newborn screening was
circulated.

On October 6, 2011 a pictorial

campaign was held at 8 am in the
hospital premises where in some of
the visiting doctors also joined to
support by wearing the designed
shirts.
The circulated pamphlets were also
distributed on the same date.

To advocate the message of newborn

screening and distribute the said
pamphlets, room to room visits was
done to the expecting mothers, post
partum mothers, and post operative
caesarian section patients from the
various private rooms/wards where
these patients were admitted.

Not only did they visit the in-patients

but also the out patients seeking
consultation at the Obstetric &
pediatric clinics of the hospital.

Here are some shots

during the campaign:

At the breastfeeding room / newborn screening

extraction area with the OR/DR/NICU complex
supervisor(left) and DR/NICU staff.

This was made possible with the

approval and all throughout
support of our beloved hospital
administrator
Mrs. Erlinda Ko

A picture of our ever

supportive &
compassionate Doctors
joining the campaign
(Left-Right)
Dr. Concepcion Fabian
(Obstetrician)
Dr. Juliet Saavedra
(Anesthesiologist)
Dr. Lieza Sahi
(Neonatologist)
Dr. Jonathan Reyes
(Pediatrician)

By the end of the awareness week,

Zamboanga Doctors Hospital does
not stop celebrating by simply
promoting, but being equipped with
the knowledge, skills and attitude, it
continues supporting the program
through implementation 365 days of
the year.

That is why we are blessed to receive

this national award

With or without recognition, for as long as its

saving lives, were always willing to go that
extra mile because thats what we are called
to do.
For 45 years of service, with this years hospital
anniversary theme: Strength renewed, life
sustained we shall strive to continue in
providing efficient, safe and quality care to
our patients from all walks of life.