ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

Be a life saver, donate blood and save a life Festive Walk Iloilo partners with Crossway Kidney Care, the leading dialysis center in Iloilo, for a blood letting program with a cause. Happening on July 3, 7AM onwards, the activity will benefit Crossway Kidney Care’s dialysis patients.  Interested donors may proceed to the VIP Lounge at the GF of Festive Walk Mall, or can go directly to Crossway Kidney Care at GF, Festive Walk Parade 1B. You may also contact them on 09565770431. Free snacks and T-shirts would be provided after donation.  According to the National Voluntary Blood Services Program of DOH, the basic requirements of a potential blood donor include the following: ● Weight: At least 110 lbs (50 kg). ● Blood volume collected will depend mainly on you body weight. ● Pulse rate: Between 60 and 100 beats/minute with regular rhythm. ● Blood pressure: Between 90 and 160 systolic and 60 and 100 diastolic. ● Hemoglobin: At least 125 g/L.   For updates on t...

The Medical City (TMC) Iloilo achieved two milestones in just one day on June 14 as two firsts happened in the hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory – Western Visayas’ first Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR), and the Philippines’ first Subdural Hemorrhage Embolization.  TMC Interventional Neuro-Radiologist Dr. Victor Erwin Jocson during the country's first Subdural Hemorrhage Embolization done in The Medical City Iloilo's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Performed by Dr. Rowena Ona, Interventional Cardiologist-Peripheral Vascular Intervention from TMC Ortigas together with TMC Iloilo Interventional Cardiologist Dr. James Catoto, and TMC Iloilo Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Dr. Leo Malunes, the region’s first TEVAR procedure was done to manage a patient who had a thoracic aneurysm, a condition where the heart’s main artery, aorta, becomes significantly widened usually caused by high cholesterol or sudden injury.    The Medical City Il...