The Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital in Bacolod City has recently acquired a state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine to further improve the quality of healthcare it provides to all, hospital president and chairman of the board Dr. Hector Torre yesterday said during the blessing of the MRI machine.

The first of its kind in Western Visayas, radiologist Dr. Rosario Pilar Gallaga Esteban said the Siemens Magnetom Essenza 1.5T MRI is the hospital’s “newest baby” that will assist Bacolod physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

She added that MRI is also valuable in staging of cancer and assessment of a myriad of other diseases.

Assuring patients that MRI systems do not necessarily mean high cost of hospitalization, DPOTMH Medical Affairs head Dr. Andrea Torre said usual discounts on senior citizens and patients screened by the social welfare services office will be accommodated.

The newly-acquired MRI machine by the hospital, the Siemens Magnetom Essenza, is powered by Total Imaging Matrix (TIM) that will ensure faster examinations.

The TIM technology helps reduce examination times by up to 50 percent with its ultra-lightweight coils providing for more comfortable exams.

The flexible coil combination enables a full view of the patient without need for repositioning either patient or coil.

With the use of the MRI machine, DPOTMH officials said examinations will be faster, more comfortable, and will provide clearer, higher quality of images for more accurate diagnosis.*NAB

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20 Bacolod OSY’s
complete IT training

Twenty out-of-school youths completed their information technology training at the NEDF Training Center in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City, as part of an initiative against human trafficking and exploitation, recently, a press release from NEDF said.

The training is part of the Stop Trafficking and Exploitation of People through Unlimited Potentials or STEP UP Project of the Negros Economic and Development Foundation, in coordination with the Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. and Microsoft Philippines.

Of the 20 graduates, two are already employed, NEDF executive director Roseo Depra said, adding that these youths have developed skills that will provide them employment opportunities instead of falling preys to human trafficking.

Aside from the IT training, NEDF has also partnered with the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central and faculty members of the ARFIEN Department of La Consolacion College, in teaching the beneficiaries additional skills on bag and fashion accessory designs, tie dyeing and silk-screen process, the press release said.

Another batch of 20 out-of-school youths, also from Barangay Handumanan, will start training in January next year, Depra said in the press release.

The STEP UP Project is part of the NEDF’s capability-building program which aims to empower victims, aged 14 to 25, by providing them employment skills on information technology, among others.

The three-month IT training includes fundamentals on computer, digital media, internet, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and web design.It also covers training on communication skills, personal enhancement, leadership and enterprise development, the press release added.*

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PMAP to hold induction

The People Management Association of the Philippines will induct its new officers tomorrow, at L’Fisher Hotel, in Bacolod City, with Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue as the guest of honor and inducting officer, a PMAP press release said.

The PMAP is a professional, non-stock, non-profit organization of over 1,800 member companies and individual management executives nationwide engaged or interested in human resource management and industrial relations work.

Founded 50 years ago, PMAP continues the tradition of its forefathers in advancing the profession, the science and the art of human resource management, the press release said.

In Negros Occidental, the 2010 officers are Marianito Vito Jr. of Intraspec Management Consultancy – president, Dionisio Caspe Jr. (Central Azucarera De La Carlota) – vice president, Johna Alojamiento (Distilleria Bago Inc.) – secretary, Rhiana Sabolbora (Association of Negros Producers) – assistant secretary, Ma. Theresa Nuñez (Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Inc.) – treasurer, Ma. Lourdes Rodriguez (Riverside College) – assistant treasurer, Angie Vidaurrazaga (Alter Trade Manufacturing Corp.) – auditor, Mila Macaya (Robinsons Land Corp.) – public information officer, and Emmanuel Canto (Riverside Hospital) – immediate past president.

Members of the board of directors are Mary Grace Uy (Mosser Environment Corp.), Amy Amar (Lopez Sugar Corp.), Christina Bagundol (West Negros University), and Jose Kevin Sienes (Coca-Cola Bacolod), the press release said.

As a professional association, PMAP helps institutions mold an enlightened, competent, socially responsible and influential sector of people managers who can effectively participate in nation-building.

It also helps its members become more effective on the job by teaching the human aspect of management via numerous career development forums and training programs, the press release added.*

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