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BGH Life and Health Today Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 BGH Life and Health Today Vol 1 BGH Life and Health Today Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 BGH Life and Health Today Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 1 … From the Editor Editorial Board Dr. Jose Enrique Y. Montoya Medical Specialist IV Chief, PETRU Dr. Vladimir A. Untalan Medical Specialist IV Dr. Darlene Minette C. Zamora Medical Specialist IV Ms. Zenaida G. Ramos STANDING SAO, HRMO Mr. Romeo C. Tuazon, Jr. Nurse VI Managing Editor Ms. Ria-Ann Lomeda Dizon PROUD! Training Specialist IV Ms. Cecilia S. Cruz Administrative Officer IV BGH is now on its way of becoming a full-fledged teaching Legal Adviser and training hospital and not far too long, BGH will be the Atty. Abigael R. Chavez leading medical multi-specialty center in Central Luzon. Though Attorney IV BGH stands proud amongst its counterpart in the healthcare service, its birth in becoming a competitive player in the field involved intermittent and distressing labor pains that may have imprinted significant life-long lessons to the BGH management Graphic and Lay-Out Artist and staff as it gave birth to an efficiently ran and leading Ms. Avegail H. Bugay hospital as we know today. Training Assistant From the colloquial tag of a “butcher hospital” to the very first hospital acquiring recertification of ISO 9001 (2015 version) Contributors in the nation, BGH indeed have its reasons to stand proud (Words and Photos) serving the people of Bataan through all these years. As you Dr. Noel M. Laxamana read along on this issue, you will witness the transformation of Dr. Jocelyn S. Bongco the then war hospital as the primary health care provider Mr. Romeo C. Tuazon Jr. during the Japanese invasion in 1941, to a provincial hospital with Mr. Johnson D. Palaypay all of its negative and hurtful reputation (sad, I know), and now Ms. Imee Eden F. Roy to a renewed patient-centered Bataan General Hospital. With Mr. Adrian B. Almario all its developments, new facilities, acquired accreditations, and the increasing number of competent personnel – who knows – Ms. Ria-Ann L. Dizon maybe on our next issue, we may already be called THE Bataan Ms. Maria Teresa T. Cornel General Hospital and Medical Center! Ms. Jhoana M. Baluya Ms. Czarina D. Lintag With all that has been said, this issue reminisces our humble Ms. Anna C. Hizon beginnings and of course, proudly celebrates the inauguration of Ms. Maria Rosario Gracia M. Gamet additional buildings and ground-breaking of yet again additional Ms. Erna Liza C. Mateo buildings as we aim to make our patients healthy and Ms. Lalaine C. Forbes well-served. WE ARE GROWING! So I guess you better watch #publicservantadvocate out for the next big things we planned for BGH. The future is bright for the constituents of Bataan as the Photo Contributors management is incessant in providing the best medical care for IHOMP Bataeños and to nearby provinces. PETRU As we end year 2017 declaring it as a very productive year, let us all welcome 2018 standing proud, ready to embrace new challenges and hope as we make people love life and health. Poster Contributors Department of Pediatrics All the best! Department of Surgery Department of Internal Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine VLADIMIR A. UNTALAN, MD, DPBA Editor 1 BGH Life and Health Today Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 On the inside… BGH NEWS AND UPDATES 3 BGH Turns 76: Improving Patient Satisfaction 5 BGH Blood Bank Providing Safe Blood to All Patients 6 Operation Smile 6 Sight Saving Month 7 BGH Disaster Risk Reduction Management for Health (DRRM-H) conducts an orientation on Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) 8 2nd Round of Surgical Caravan 8 Chair of Committee on Health & Demography assures to support BGH initiatives 9 76th Founding Anniversary 9 Bataan Local Government and Representatives’ progressive ties with BGH 10 Masquerade Ball: A Christmas Carol 13 1st BGH Annual Research Forum to boost in achieving Quality Objectives 14 Medical Technology Interns’ First Quiz Bee 14 ISO Awarding at the DOH 4th Staff Meeting 15 IDOTS with SSTR: New regimen in the fight against Drug Resistant TB 16 DPL Bacteriology Section: ARSP ACCREDITED! 16 Breastfeeding and Family Planning Month HIV Aids and STI Awareness 17 Bataan Haven: Home Away from Verdict of society Ensuring Nurture Health Education and Promotion Office (HEPO) 11 Last Mile: Saan Mang Sulok, Kalusugan ay Maaabot. FEATURED ARTICLES 19 New Day 19 Ode to a Better Me 19 New Year: Better You 20 A Medical Social Worker’s Experience at BGH 20 It’s Zumba Time 22 Clinico-Pathologic Conference HR Corner 21 Different Types of Leave DISCLAIMER: This is for information, education, and communication purposes only. Not for sale. Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of BGH. Articles therein can be reproduced in full or in parts without prior notice as long as due credits shall be provided to BGH. Right citation shall then be exercised. For your comments, suggestions, and contributions, you may write to our Life and Health Today secretariat: Professional Education, Training and Research Unit Bataan General Hospital Manahan St, Tenejero, Balanga City, Bataan 2100 email: [email protected] Tel No.: (047) 237-1274/1275 local 523 12 BGH Life and Health Today Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 BGH Life and Health Today Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 2 BGH News and Updates BGH Turns 76: Improving P S ho would have thought that Bataan General Hospital (BGH) that emerged during the Japanese colonization which dates back its root in 1941 would reach seventy six years and be poised for an even more dynamic commitment beyond? As what has been stated and being guided by its quality policy, BGH remained true to its commitment towards holistic, excellent, efficient W and equitable medical care and other services towards total patient and customer satisfaction through continuous implementation of quality management system processes to ensure quality medical health care and services in the province of Bataan. Moreover, here are some of the hospital’s milestones highlighting the parade of successes it has achieved through the years dated back from its genesis until now while thriving with the presence of challenges in modern times marching towards its 76th founding anniversary in the provision of quality health care and medical services to satisfy all its patients in need. A glimpse into its antiquity The humble beginning of Bataan General Hospital, formerly known as Bataan Provincial Hospital can be traced back on November 30, 1941 when the institution was first built. Ten days after the outbreak of Second World War; BGH as a primary health care provider catered the people and served as a war hospital during the Japanese invasion in the province of Col. Iku Takasaki. Initially, the hospital had a 20 bed capacity with a total number of 17 personnel and had been accessible to the public in year 1942. Despite of insurgencies thereafter that afflicted many people, this cause never became a hindrance for BGH as the hospital achieved unceasing development and improvement with regards to the infrastructure and manpower resources through the initiative of political leaders, governors and congressmen in year 1950. In the 1960s, it marked an increased of the bed capacity from 20 to 150 and was further increased to 200-bed capacity through the hospitals’ integration with the provincial health office in year 1983. In year 1991, BGH was then entrusted to the province of Bataan in lieu of the enactment of Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code, and eventually been upgraded in year 1998 by virtue of Republic Act 8561, making the Bataan Provincial Hospital into a Tertiary Level II Hospital elevating its bed capacity to 350. This transition was made possible under the direct control, supervision and management of the Department of Health. Two years after, inauguration of Emergency Room-Out Patient Department Complex was constructed and in year 2008, it created its first Memorandum of Agreement between the province of Bataan and Department of Health with both parties together runs BGH with at least 25% fund increment. The pioneering years: BGH Growth and Expansion Having been guided by its set quality objectives, BGH had embraced its dedication to continually improve provision of health care to all patients through customer’s active participation, improve availability and accessibility of health care services and facilities, improve its manpower including enhancement and development of the knowledge, skills and characters of all the employees and staff through valuable trainings and seminars, establish research and development program within the hospital, and lastly, produce physicians trained in different fields of specialization. BGH’s ultimate goal in delivering and providing excellent medical services for the people of Bataan was attained as the institution strived for various International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications dated in year 2014, wherein BGH passed the ISO 9001:2008 certification and had upped its level of accreditation as the hospital has been the first agency in Central Luzon to receive the 2015 version of the ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) with no non-conformance reports and been recertified for QMS last May 22, 2017. The ISO certification became evident to have found that there has been desirable improvement and vast development within the operational services and processes taken in the institution as it continuously thrives for advances in modern technology, changing needs of the economy, meeting such rapid demands of the community and an ever increasing population of its patients, BGH continues to uphold that standard implementation and fulfillment of such must solely adheres to all mandatory, constitutional and regulatory requirements in correspondence with the provision of Universal health care. 3 BGH Life and Health Today Vol.
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