On the morning of January 18, 2024, the 探花精选 opened its doors to the general public for the three-day Alaga at Tulong Tomasino medical-surgical mission spearheaded by the UST Hospital in collaboration with alumni, corporate partners, the media, the Sant铆simo Rosario Parish, and the academic units of UST.

Offering consultation services and medicine for neurology, dermatology, internal medicine, pediatrics, ophthalmology, orthopedics, cataract surgery, general surgery, and ENT, the mission brings together the expertise of hospital and academic staff and alumni, as well as the vigor of student clerks and interns to cater to patients from Luzon.

According to UST Hospital CEO fr. Julius Paul C. Factora, O.P., JCD, the mission, now on its second year, is the latest initiative to help those in need, in keeping with the Church鈥檚 mission. 鈥淭ime and again since the Hospital was established, we have been serving poor and indigent patients. [But since last year] meron tayong malakihang medical-surgical mission para hindi lang ma-service 鈥榶ung [nakatira] around the UST area but also those from Luzon. We have patients from Bulacan, Cavite, and Pangasinan.鈥�

UST Hospital Medical Director Charito Malong-Consolacion, MD also shared that the medical-surgical mission would not be possible without the joint efforts of various stakeholders: 鈥淲e want this to be accessible to a lot more people, [so we] struck partnerships with our students from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, and the College of Education, as well as our alumni spread all over the world.鈥�

Fr. Factora expressed his commitment to continue the mission annually, during January, as part of the Church鈥檚 and the Hospital鈥檚 mission to help those in need.

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The five-point strategic directional areas, known by the acronym HEART, targets five priorities: High Level of Multidisciplinary Health Care Service; Exemplary Education, Training, and Research; Appropriate Resource Management; Responsive Leadership and Governance; and Thomasian Identity.

According to UST Hospital officials, led by CEO fr. Julius Paul C. Factora, O.P., JCD, the public can soon expect the operationalization of the new St. John Paul II Building by the first quarter of 2022. Side by side with this is the opening of ancillary services equipped with the latest machines and equipment. The Hospital is also acquiring updated technologies and systems for the support services.

Part of the goal is to also apply for international hospital accreditation, which will provide the stamp of excellence that puts USTH at par with international counterparts.

The three-day strategic planning was presided over by fr. Factora, who was joined by Medical Director Dr. Charito Malong-Consolacion, Assistant Medical Director Dr. Julius Caesar Dalupang, Director for Finance fr. Roman Santos, O.P., Director for Administration Analin Empaynado-Porto, DEM, Department of Medical Education and Research Chair Dr. Ma. Piedad Rosales-Natividad, Nursing Service Office Head Aleli Cabaneros, and Quality Management Office Head Dr. Florian Nuevo.

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