In a gesture of giving back to the community and in line with the celebration of its 37th Founding Anniversary, Mahintana and SRC management and staff shared their time as volunteers manning different stations of the Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan Medical and Dental Outreach and Bloodletting held at the Dolefil Gym on August 12, 2014. A total of 432 beneficiaries from MFI-assisted barangays of Polomolok attended lectures on Safe Motherhood, Family Planning, Dengue Prevention and Control, and Garantisadong Pambata to avail of services during the LBK. 289 patients availed of free medical consultations and medicines, 50 persons had dental checkups and underwent tooth extraction, 68 had their blood sugar and cholesterol level screened , 25 persons voluntarily donated blood . The activity was successfully conducted with the support and in partnership with the Integrated Provincial Health Office-South Cotabato, Philippine Red Cross-South Cotabato, Municipal Health Office- Polomolok, Philippine Dental Association- GenSan Chapter, Rotary Club of Polomolok, Howard Hubbard Memorial Hospital and BLGU-Cannery Site.
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