Congressman Carmelo ‘Jon-Jon’ Lazatin II and Executive Assistant V Rafael Angeles (representing Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr.) led the groundbreaking rites for The Ben Tan Foundation Rehydration Center and Charity Clinics.
The Ben Tan Foundation partnered with the Rotary Club of Clark Centennial (RCCC) and Rotaract Club of Clark, for the 2-level Rehydration Center with Charity Clinics, the first of its kind in the Philippines, and a project that will offer additional free health services for indigent citizens of Angeles City.
The center, which will be constructed just adjacent to the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center (RLMMC), will have a rehydration center, medical clinics, dental clinic, laboratory, and pharmacy that will cater to charity patients in the community.
The partner organizations signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with RLMMC to handle the mild to moderately dehydrated patients that can use up most of the resources of the City Hospital.
The Rehydration Center Project was conceptualized to address this immediate humanitarian need, and to likewise, decongest the RLMMC. Based on a study conducted by the RCCC, the majority of the patients being handled by the local hospital require intravenous (IV) hydration.
Mayor Lazatin, who has been a member of RCCC prior to his entry into the political arena, has always been supportive of the socio-civic projects of the Club. He believes the project is a welcome addition to the services that the citizens of Angeles City, and of nearby municipalities, can avail.
Also present during the groundbreaking event were Dr. Erwin Brian Tan (President of the Rotary Club of Clark Centennial), Dr. Froilan Canlas (Medical Director of RLMMC), Dr. Jean Caroline Tan (Club Secretary of RCCC), Derek Hewitt (Past President of RCCC and Project Director), Alan Varley (Treasurer of RCCC), Beda Quiambao Jr (Secretary-General of Patrol Partylist), Dr. Jenneth Sarmiento (Chief of Staff of Congressman Lazatin), Ysabelle Tolentino (President of Rotaract Club of Clark), representative of Don Pepe Henson Enterprises, Rotarian members of RCCC and Rotaractors.
