​"Tulong ko sa Pasyenteng Pilipino"

Health is everybody’s concern, not only of patients and health professionals. Health delivery likewise, is a responsibility not only of the government but an individual and national responsibility. This cannot be accomplished by just extending financial assistance to patients nor providing basic services alone. There is also a need to provide everyone with basic information on how to protect the health of the family.

In the face of continuing migration of Filipino health professionals abroad, the challenge is to empower individuals in protecting the lives of their families and encourage all organizations, agencies and all sectors of society to cooperate in the delivery of health services. The “Tulong ko sa pasyenteng Pilipino” (Helping Filipino Patients) is geared towards the achievement of this challenge.

Filipinos are noted for our bayanihan spirit. Innate in every Filipino to get involved and be part in something noteworthy. Everyone would say, even only to himself, “tutulong ako…” (I will help) in every sort of endeavor. “Tutulong ako…” in carrying a house across the street to be relocated to a safer ground. “Tutulong ako…” in building a community project – waiting shed, chapel, daycare centers, etc. “Tutulong ako…” in the distribution of food and clothing in every disaster – earthquake, flood, fire, etc. This time, everyone is called to say “Tutulong ako sa pasyenteng Pilipino” (I will help the Filipino patients)