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The Capiz Times THE VOICE OF THE CAPICEÑO ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL AT THE ROXAS CITY POST OFFICE ON FEB. 25, 1982 VOL. XXXI NO. 43 August 12–18, 2013 P15 IN CAPIZ Social Action Center mission serves 472 patients Roxas City—Some 472 patients from the St. Damien of Molokai Mission Station benefited from the various medical services during the Medical-Dental-Circumcision Mission and Bloodletting Activity led by the Social Action Center, Aug. 17 in Brgy. Maindang, Cuartero, Capiz. Of the total patients, 162 adults and 97 children availed themselves of medical checkup; 120, dental services; and 93 boys, free circumcision. The Mission Station was Red Cross and the Local likewise supportive of the Government Unit of Cuartero Bloodletting Activity of the through its Municipal Health Capiz Red Cross through its Office, The St. Damien of volunteer blood donors. The Molokai Mission Station patients were served through covers six neighboring volunteer doctors, dentists barangays in Cuartero and nurses from the Philippine including Agdahon, Mainit, Army, the Capiz Red Cross, Maindang, Balingasag, the Cuartero’s health unit and Sinabsaban and Lunayan. other volunteers. Rev. Mark Granflor, Medicines dispensed to SAC director, said it was no the beneficiaries came from less than the bishop of the donations of doctors, the 61st Archdiocese of Capiz, Most Infantry Battalion, drugstores, Rev. Jose Advincula, Jr. drug companies and various D.D., accompanied by Rev. individual donors collected Fr. Digno V. Jore, Jr. who by the Social Action Center dropped by during the event. (SAC). Granflor said the bishop SAC worked in wanted to surprise the group partnership with the 61st with his visit but it turned out WITHIN THE WALLS Infantry Battalion, Philippine that he was the one who got Members of the Sarayawan Dance Company of the Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion wow audiences with their Army headed by LTC.
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