11/08/2025
𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁!
We are an institution, not just of medical talent, but of musical talent as well. In collaboration with DOH for the hospital week celebration, SUMC hosted what seems to be a recurring competition. Music lives at the heart of SUMC and in the hearts of its constituents, which is why five competitors came in prepared for an epic musical battle. Five singers, a rakista, a balladeer whose eternal song is his muse, a birit queen, a songbird, and a theatre kid willing to defy gravity.
One chance and one winner! Dr. Rowena Marie Tulang-Samares, Chairperson of the Board of Judges, Helian Y. Godes, and Dr. Gwyn R. Bacay were the members of the council that decided the fate of the five competitors. Before the competition, Dr. Bacay reminded everyone what all this was for. “There is no better gauge of a healthy workplace than its healthy workers. This National Hospital Week, let us redefine ‘strong.’ Strength is building a workplace where all of us thrive.”
And thrive we did! From the five different hospital factions, we had Jansen A. Coronado for Medical Services, Jessie Herbert A. Cantere for Nursing Services, Raffy M. Gregana for Hospital Operations and Support Services, Jonalyn A. Veñales for Financial Services, and Farrah Jane I. Macabinguil for Patient Services. Backed by the support of their peers, the West Solarium was filled to the brim with camaraderie between coworkers and friends. At SUMC, we nourish worker health in every way we can, including talents and passions that heal beyond the physical.
In the end, our winner was the balladeer whose eternal song is his muse, Jessie Herbert A. Cantere, complete with flowers given to him mid-performance by said muse. A close second was the theatre kid who dared to defy gravity, Jansen A. Coronado. And in third place was the lovely birit queen, Ms. Jonalyn A. Veñales, who was only a 5-day-old employee when the competition took place.
With an energetic intermission number by the Clinical Laboratory Staff, a closing violin performance by Leonard Cyren O. Ligutom, and an even more energetic after-zumba workout when the competition was over, the celebration was a wonderful success.
With our hearts set in song, we hope that we continue to prove that the Silliman University Medical Center is a place where we look after employee health and wellbeing. We aim to always be an Occupational Safety and Health Hospital, or OSHpital for short!
