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) โ 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: โ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ, 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 universityโs mission as a ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ค โ to serve, bring together, and involve the community as an integral aspect of the successes and accomplishments of SorSU.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅโฆ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ โ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.โ
Meanwhile, SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, reiterated that the universityโs 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, โ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ โ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ.โ
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.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ! ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. (SorSU PIO)
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