December 20, 2022, Cotabato Regional and Medical Center had its Resident’s Graduation held at the Grand Auditorium. Seventeen (17) residents from five (5) different training residency programs graduated this year. These residency programs are Department of Anaesthesiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Department of OB-GYNE and Department of Surgery.
December 15, 2022, Cotabato Regional and Medical Center has been at the forefront of providing comprehensive TB care and stepping up case-finding efforts since the adoption of PMDT and DOTS. The CRMC TB Center conducted Pamaskong Handog which focuses on its patients and their close contacts.
December 15, 2022, Cotabato Regional and Medical Center conducted the Primary Care Summit held at the Grand Auditorium of CRMC. The event is a kick off activity to establish the Department of Family and Community Medicine which will pave way for the training of Primary Health Care Physicians and Family Medicine Specialist in Cotabato City and all nearby provinces.
December 12, 2022, in observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW), the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center conducted the Inter collegial Quiz Bee for the Social Worker students at different schools in the city. This year will mark the start of the new six-year (2022-2027) recurring theme for the campaign: “UNiTEd for a VAW-free Philippines”, which supports the United Nations’ UNiTE by 2030 to End VAW Campaign (UNiTE). This is continuing effort to broaden the general public’s knowledge on the laws protecting women and girls from violence as well as the services available for victim survivors especially that Violence Against Women (VAW) appears as one of the country’s pervasive social problems.
Ishmael R. Dimaren, MD, MHA, FPCS, FPSGS, FPSCRS
Medical Center Chief II
