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As we kick off our Semi-annual Parent Skills Training, Jollibee Branches of Ilocos Norte (Batac Centro, Batac Highway, D...
17/06/2025

As we kick off our Semi-annual Parent Skills Training, Jollibee Branches of Ilocos Norte (Batac Centro, Batac Highway, Dingras, San Nicolas and Robinson's Ilocos) generously provided our participants with free snacks. We, the Occupational Therapists of MMMH&MC are very grateful for this act of kindness. May God bless you a thousand-fold.

23/04/2025



Beat the Heat by celebrating International Dance Day!

Occupational Therapists are advocating the artistic and therapeutic value of dance, as a way of promoting occupational balance for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or cultural background.

(Photo from the OT Archive WOT in MMHMC 2022)

๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ (๐€๐’๐ƒ) ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ...
14/04/2025

๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ (๐€๐’๐ƒ) ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ข, ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž.

In collaboration with the Local Government Unit of Bangui, Ilocos Norte, the MMMH & MC - OT section piloted the capability seminar to teachers, child development workers (CDW), barangay health workers (BHW), and parents servicing children with disability in Bangui and nearby areas.

Aligning with the mission-vision of the MMMH & MC, the capability seminar is a precursor in the institutionalization of the OT "Parents Skills Training for Children with Developmental Delays" (PSTCDD) to empower community service providers in their role in collaborative therapy.

Our heartfelt gratitude to Honorable Mayor Fidel A. Cimatu Jr., Ms. Rhealou Allado-Dela Cruz - Head of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, staff of MSWDO and staff of the Municipal Hall of Bangui.

๐Ž๐“ ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.Within the 4-year running op...
14/04/2025

๐Ž๐“ ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Within the 4-year running operation of the OT section of the MMMH & MC, the elderly population would voice their concerns on โ€œdifficulty making sense of information received through their sensesโ€. Most noted are: (1) โ€œI hear it, but I have difficulty understandingโ€; (2) โ€œI see it, but I have difficulty identifying or make sense of what I am seeingโ€; (3) โ€œI have difficulty rememberingโ€, and (4) โ€œWhy am I so slowโ€. OT clusters these concerns under impairment of the โ€œsensory processing speedโ€. Sensory processing speed is a foundation of cognitive processes, significant to the quality of performance of daily activities.

Given the projected increase of the older population by 2030 (World Health Organization, 2024), and the prevalence of dementia and Alzheimerโ€™s disease, the OT section continuously improves its "Cognitive Training Program" (CTP) of which the objective is to improve the โ€œsensory processing speedโ€ among the elderly population.

The OT section is grateful for the opportunity to join the Community Senior Day Care program of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Pinili, Ilocos Norte last April 4, 2025. Joining the outreach program for seniors of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in 2024 and 2025, enabled sharing of 3 simple interventions under CTP, that seniors can do daily at home.

It is an opportunity to share the 4-year journey of the Occupational Therapy section, in pilot testing strategies that s...
08/04/2025

It is an opportunity to share the 4-year journey of the Occupational Therapy section, in pilot testing strategies that strengthened its tele-practice, utilizing the online platform and system of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center.

May the output of this focus group discussion (FGD) by the UNDP-NEDA-DOH-DLSU-SDRC, greatly supports responsiveness towards full implementation of telemedicine in the delivery of health services in the Philippines.

We are thankful to our Medical Center Chief, Maria Lourdes K. Otayza, in mobilizing the Integrated Hospital Operations Management Unit towards digitalization of the hospital operation, of which greatly supported the OT tele-practice.

The Occupational Therapy section of the MMMH&MC, in collaboration with the Office of the Municipal Mayor of Pinili, cond...
17/03/2025

The Occupational Therapy section of the MMMH&MC, in collaboration with the Office of the Municipal Mayor of Pinili, conducted its 2nd Learning Development Intervention (LDI) for 110 Barangay Health Workers (BHW) of Pinili, Ilocos Norte, last March 14, 2025.

In support of the Local Government Unit's (LGU) advocacy program, โ€œPag-angat ng mga lider para sa pagsulong ng lipunang walang naiiwanโ€, the objective of the LDI is to enable BHW to effectively use the Autism Observation Checklist, as a tool to identify "red flags" of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among children in 25 barangays of Pinili. This competency will empower them in their role of profiling Persons with Disabilities (PWD).

We would like to thank Honorable Mayor Rommel T. Labasan of the municipality of Pinili, members of the Sangguniang Bayan of Pinili, MSWD, and STAC-Pinili for their continuous advocacy on autism awareness, and our Medical Center Chief, Dr. Maria Lourdes K. Otayza for her leadership in mobilizing health workers towards accessible service and training at the community level.



14/02/2025

In celebration of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center's 57th Founding Anniversary ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐”๐˜๐Ž๐†: ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ' ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ, we encourage all patients, parents and caregivers to join the event on February 19, 2025 (8:00 AM-12:00 NN). See you at the MMMHMC Covered Court! ๐ŸŽ‰

23/10/2024

Day 2 (October 23) of the World Occupational Therapy Day
Celebration ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

The Occupational Therapists of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, through its "Laruang Kalinga" project, distributed 56 loot bags and 56 stuffed toys to the pediatric inpatients, on Day 2 of the World Occupational Therapy Day celebration. The "Laruang Kalinga" project was conceptualized in 2022, wherein stuffed toys and loot bags were used as therapeutic tools, to relieve the stress and anxiety of hospitalized children, who experienced the October 2022, 6.4 earthquake in llocos. Now on its third-year, a total of 171 toys ๐Ÿงธ ๐Ÿงธ, 97 educational kits and 156 loots bags ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ were distributed, either through the "Trick or Treat" activities ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ‘ป, as birthday gifts ๐ŸŽ to pediatric patients diagnosed with cancer, and as therapeutic tool to anxious patients admitted in the hospital.

Joining the celebration this year are, the DOH Undersecretary - Dr. Maria Rosario Clarissa Singh-Vergeire, DOH - Ilocos Regional Director - Dr. Paula Paz M. Sydiongco, Chief of Medical Professional Staff - Dr. Jose Orosa III. The Doctors and Dental Aide from the Department of Dental Medicine distributed dental kits and Medical Social Workers likewise assisted during distribution.


Sharing treats  ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿซto the dedicated and harworking employees ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Cent...
21/10/2024

Sharing treats ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿซto the dedicated and harworking employees ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center on Day 1 of the World Occupational Therapy Celebration.



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