Inaugural Address of Dr. Cynthia C. Dela Cruz, President Aklan Medical Society during her induction as President on August 5, 2005 at Governor Corazon L. Cabagnot Tourism and Training Center, Old Buswang, Kalibo, Aklan.
Greetings!
Today, there are about 40,000 medical doctors in our country, serving more than 80 million Filipinos…That means, each and every one of us doctor, is responsible for the health, of every two thousand Filipinos. Despite this big responsibility, we are blessed and honored…blessed, because we were given by the Most High, the power to save lives, and we are honored, for we belong to a very big and dynamic organization, the PMA.
Guests and friends, PMA stands for Philippine Medical Association, not Philippine Military Academy, but somehow, related to P–Prutas, M–Manok and A–Alimango which are the common gifts given to doctors in exchange for their free, and or good services, rendered to their patients.
Aklan Medical Society, our local society, is one of the 116 component organizations of PMA. We are composed of 140 private and government doctors serving half a million population of this Aklan province.
At this point, please allow me to thank this big group of beloved doctors, from all towns of Aklan who elected, rather appointed me, as their president. “Thank you colleagues for your trust, and confidence in me.” It is both an honor, and a sacrifice to be in this high position.
Thanks also to my family: my parents, my children, especially to my husband, for supporting me, in this commitment. He not only allows me to fly, but encourages me to soar up higher. He is the wind beneath my wings.
Likewise, please allow me to recognize my predecessor, Dr. Emmett Custodio, who had done a lot to this organization. Doc Emmett said, “Although I have short fingers, my fingers had done a long list of work, both surgical and otherwise.” For most of us, Doc Emmett, our past president and now our regional governor, is a doctor with lots of guts and talents, someone with shoes so big for me, or for any president of Aklan Medicaal Society to fit into.
Someone once said “to attain great things we must dream, plan, act and believe in our dreams.” I, your president, together with officers of AMS have four dreams for our local society, basing on PMA mission.
First: We dream to make AMS more cohesive by developing good physicians’ relationship, activating our committee on ethics, doing frequent dialogues, and by having more socialization.
Second: We dream to make AMS stronger. This is by activating our membership committee to reach out to our inactive members, facilitating the transfer of other doctors to our local society which covers their area of practice, and encouraging Filipino overseas doctors, to renew their membership. We will be making linkages with our government officials and allied professionals.
Third: We dream to make AMS more authoritative. This is by empowering us doctors, with the latest medical knowledge, providing us access to the latest in medical technologies, and providing us linkages with medical experts. All these, through our continuing medical education activities.
And Fourth: We dream to make AMS relevant to the people it serves and to us its members – the doctors.
To the people: we will be providing medical education to them, using tri media, focusing on healthy life style, and safe environment. We will try to practice as we always, dedication and passion in our work, and compassion to our needy brothers. We will work hand in hand with our Red Cross, and local government, so we will have very soon, an adequate supply of blood for emergency purposes.
To our member – doctors: Aside from signing your letters of good standing for Philhealth, and PRC license renewal, together with PMA, we will be working for your rights and benefits, we will be extending to you moral, legal and to some extent, financial support in times of need.
To serve our doctors efficiently, we will try our best to have an office with a secretary. For many years, we have been transferring from one place, to another meeting place. Since we have no place of our own, our two door aparador of old records are in doctor’s quarter, of our provincial hospital, and some records are in any past president’s house. For this reason, we are asking our local government through our provincial health officer, Dr. Landelino Meñez, a temporary room in our provincial hospital, once the new building is done, which maybe next year. Medical societies in Iloilo and Capiz were provided by their local government, a small lot for them to have their office building constructed. In the coming days, we will be asking the same favor from our local government, as represented here by our beloved governor and our mayor. In the near future, we dream to have our own building also. This sounds so ambitious for the moment, but it is not impossible in the coming years, especially with the coming of new sets of equally competent officers and members.
Those are our big dreams and many plans for our local society to follow. I will be very happy, if only we can do some of them, before I end my two year – term, or just even start some of them, before some doctors could impeach me, or ask me to resign.
One author said “Whatever you dream and plan, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it”. My dear doctors, be courageous, don’t just be bench sitters. Do not wait what your society can do for you, but get involved, suggest, plan, take action. This is your society, our society; this is what we make it. Colleagues, to put it simply what I am asking now, is not only your support, but your commitment, not only your commitment, but your actions.
They say that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. As your new president, I, together with your other officers, would like to make that initial step with you, walking beside us. As we walk, let us hold hands together, not to sing “if we hold on” but to work together, for the realization of our dreams. Together doctors, we will do it, together, we must do it. This is our legacy to the medical profession, and to you all, the people of our nation. /MP http://madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
Greetings!
Today, there are about 40,000 medical doctors in our country, serving more than 80 million Filipinos…That means, each and every one of us doctor, is responsible for the health, of every two thousand Filipinos. Despite this big responsibility, we are blessed and honored…blessed, because we were given by the Most High, the power to save lives, and we are honored, for we belong to a very big and dynamic organization, the PMA.
Guests and friends, PMA stands for Philippine Medical Association, not Philippine Military Academy, but somehow, related to P–Prutas, M–Manok and A–Alimango which are the common gifts given to doctors in exchange for their free, and or good services, rendered to their patients.
Aklan Medical Society, our local society, is one of the 116 component organizations of PMA. We are composed of 140 private and government doctors serving half a million population of this Aklan province.
At this point, please allow me to thank this big group of beloved doctors, from all towns of Aklan who elected, rather appointed me, as their president. “Thank you colleagues for your trust, and confidence in me.” It is both an honor, and a sacrifice to be in this high position.
Thanks also to my family: my parents, my children, especially to my husband, for supporting me, in this commitment. He not only allows me to fly, but encourages me to soar up higher. He is the wind beneath my wings.
Likewise, please allow me to recognize my predecessor, Dr. Emmett Custodio, who had done a lot to this organization. Doc Emmett said, “Although I have short fingers, my fingers had done a long list of work, both surgical and otherwise.” For most of us, Doc Emmett, our past president and now our regional governor, is a doctor with lots of guts and talents, someone with shoes so big for me, or for any president of Aklan Medicaal Society to fit into.
Someone once said “to attain great things we must dream, plan, act and believe in our dreams.” I, your president, together with officers of AMS have four dreams for our local society, basing on PMA mission.
First: We dream to make AMS more cohesive by developing good physicians’ relationship, activating our committee on ethics, doing frequent dialogues, and by having more socialization.
Second: We dream to make AMS stronger. This is by activating our membership committee to reach out to our inactive members, facilitating the transfer of other doctors to our local society which covers their area of practice, and encouraging Filipino overseas doctors, to renew their membership. We will be making linkages with our government officials and allied professionals.
Third: We dream to make AMS more authoritative. This is by empowering us doctors, with the latest medical knowledge, providing us access to the latest in medical technologies, and providing us linkages with medical experts. All these, through our continuing medical education activities.
And Fourth: We dream to make AMS relevant to the people it serves and to us its members – the doctors.
To the people: we will be providing medical education to them, using tri media, focusing on healthy life style, and safe environment. We will try to practice as we always, dedication and passion in our work, and compassion to our needy brothers. We will work hand in hand with our Red Cross, and local government, so we will have very soon, an adequate supply of blood for emergency purposes.
To our member – doctors: Aside from signing your letters of good standing for Philhealth, and PRC license renewal, together with PMA, we will be working for your rights and benefits, we will be extending to you moral, legal and to some extent, financial support in times of need.
To serve our doctors efficiently, we will try our best to have an office with a secretary. For many years, we have been transferring from one place, to another meeting place. Since we have no place of our own, our two door aparador of old records are in doctor’s quarter, of our provincial hospital, and some records are in any past president’s house. For this reason, we are asking our local government through our provincial health officer, Dr. Landelino Meñez, a temporary room in our provincial hospital, once the new building is done, which maybe next year. Medical societies in Iloilo and Capiz were provided by their local government, a small lot for them to have their office building constructed. In the coming days, we will be asking the same favor from our local government, as represented here by our beloved governor and our mayor. In the near future, we dream to have our own building also. This sounds so ambitious for the moment, but it is not impossible in the coming years, especially with the coming of new sets of equally competent officers and members.
Those are our big dreams and many plans for our local society to follow. I will be very happy, if only we can do some of them, before I end my two year – term, or just even start some of them, before some doctors could impeach me, or ask me to resign.
One author said “Whatever you dream and plan, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it”. My dear doctors, be courageous, don’t just be bench sitters. Do not wait what your society can do for you, but get involved, suggest, plan, take action. This is your society, our society; this is what we make it. Colleagues, to put it simply what I am asking now, is not only your support, but your commitment, not only your commitment, but your actions.
They say that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. As your new president, I, together with your other officers, would like to make that initial step with you, walking beside us. As we walk, let us hold hands together, not to sing “if we hold on” but to work together, for the realization of our dreams. Together doctors, we will do it, together, we must do it. This is our legacy to the medical profession, and to you all, the people of our nation. /MP http://madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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