Patron. WMRI chief George Samson receives hospital plans from Mayor Rene Maglanque. Photo by Bong Lacson
CLARK FREEPORT –The ongoing construction of the Candaba infirmary which will eventually be upgraded into a community hospital got a big boost with the pledge of support from the World Medical Relief, Inc. (WMRI).
This came about as George Samson, president and CEO of the WMRI, guaranteed his support in terms of life saving medicines and medical equipment to Candaba Mayor Rene Maglanque during the media forum “Talk Widus” organized by the Pampanga Press Club at the Widus Hotel and Casino here on Wednesday.
Samson said oncethe hospital is finished, WMRI will help in providing it with much needed medical equipment under the advocacy of his organization of “turning scenes of wastes into miracles of mercy.”
Some of the possible donations are dialysis machines and pacemakers which costs $10,000 each that have 10 to 12 years lifespan. Samson said pacemakers cost $10,000 each. But WMRI, in an agreement with the Michigan Funeral Directors Association, collect and recycle pacemakers from people who passed away.
Samson explained that most of these people who are implanted with pacemakers are in their senior years. So when they die, before they cremate the body, they remove the implant.
If the pacemakers have four or more years left, they are sterilized at the University of Michigan and recycled. “Why can’t we use the used pacemakers?” he asked.
These are titanium devices and not human organs, he explained. Instead of melting them for their titanium content, we realized it is much better to recycle them so that other people who have less in life can use them to prolong their lives, Samson said. For his part, Maglanque expressed his gratitude to Samson for his promised support.
