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NUS Alumni Manila visited the National Children’s Hospital, where they donated three 2000W speakers with microphones to be used for children’s gatherings, numerous health information lectures, and related administrative activities and events of the hospital initiated by the various hospital units. The NCH was selected as a project beneficiary given the chapter’s continuing focus on NUS Cares initiatives on institutions supporting indigent Filipino children.
The 250-bed NCH is a special training, and tertiary level IV hospital located in Quezon City. Being a government-run hospital, funding is quite limited and mostly provided for operations. Other requirements, such as minor medical equipment and related tools for efficient services, were sourced from the private sector and non-profit organizations. The hospital has an average of 200 paediatric patients including 175 medical and administrative staff. After the formal turnover, the management of the NCH gave a tour of the hospital premises. This opened our eyes to the reality that the hospital needs more funding support from the private sector.
