SorSU CoTEdM – Midwifery Program Formally Opens New Lying-in Clinic, Holds Rites of Blessing

To provide essential maternal and child health services to the local community and equip midwifery students with practical experience in delivering quality care to their future patients, the College of Teacher Education and Midwifery (CoTEdM) – Midwifery Program officially launched its new SorSU Lying-in Clinic today, May 18, 2023, at SorSU – Midwifery Area, Sorsogon City Campus.

The realization of the new lying-in clinic of the university is in accordance with CHED Memorandum Order No. 33, s. 2007, entitled: “𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯”, mandating that schools of midwifery must own a DOH-accredited birthing center/s to be recognized as a legally constituted institution for midwifery education programs.

Dr. Telesforo D. Escoto (Campus Director, SorSU – Sorsogon City Campus), in his welcome address, highlighted that the launching of the lying-in facility further strengthens the university’s mission as a 𝙋𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙋𝙪𝙨𝙤 – to serve, bring together, and involve the community as an integral aspect of the successes and accomplishments of SorSU.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥… 𝘒𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘬. 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙮 – 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.”

Meanwhile, SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, reiterated that the university’s venture into the healthcare sector and continuous collaborative partnership with medical and healthcare entities would competently ensure the health and well-being of the communities that the SorSU community values and serves. She remarked, “𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.”

Relatively, the new lying-in clinic will be a self-managed birthing center (as required in the Bachelor of Science in Midwifery course), offering the following services such as pregnancy test; prenatal care; normal spontaneous delivery; newborn care; newborn screening; immunization; health education/counseling (maternal and newborn care, family planning – natural & artificial method, breastfeeding); and postpartum care. The air-conditioned facility comprises of business area, treatment and consultation area, ward/labor room and/or recovery room, birthing room, and sterilization area.

Meanwhile, the ribbon-cutting activity was headed by Dr. De Jesus, Dr. Maria Priscilla C. Fajardo (Provincial Health Office Representative), Dr. Rolando E. Dealca (General Physician of SorSU Lying-in Clinic and SPH Representative), and Ms. Nory A. Palas (DOH Representative). In addition, Rev. Fr. Brian Victor M. De Castro officiated the blessing ceremony of the new lying-in clinic.

Ms. Mary Ann Frances D. Reyes (Program Chair, Midwifery) provided a brief history of the establishment of the then and now SorSU Lying-in Clinic, while Dr. Alfonso L. Garcia, Jr. (Dean, CoTEdM) delivered the closing remarks.

Present also during this meaningful endeavor were the following SorSU top executives: Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort (VP for Academic Affairs), Dr. Ryan V. Dio (VP for Research, Extension and Training), Prof. Ma. Elena C. Demdam and Prof. Andrew F. Detera (Campus Directors of Bulan Campus & Castilla Campus, respectively), Dr. Orlando D. Doncillo (Dean, College of Technology), Dr. Maria Luisa P. Mirasol (Dean, College of Business and Management), Dr. Maria Lourdes G. Barrozo (University Registrar), Dr. Medin J. Nicolas (Head, Health Services Unit); Prof. Saturnino C. Carranza (Director, DRRM CC), Ms. Myrna D. Leoncito (Director, Public Information Office), Prof. Abner L. Dellosa (Head, HRMDO and Guidance Counseling Services), Mr. Francis O. Antonio (Head, Safety & Security); local health officials; and other SorSU teaching and non-teaching personnel.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐓𝐄𝐝𝐌 – 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐒𝐔 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. (SorSU PIO)

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