The GOINnitiaive: First Aid and BLS Training

One of the highlights of the medical students’ exposure this month is the conduction of a First Aid and BLS Training of volunteer participants. The activity was managed by the medical students of sister barangay Goaw, and the medical students of barangay Goin. Both groups have planned the activity for days. Committees of the program...

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Garantisadong Pambata & Operasyon Timbang

One of the perks of staying in the community for a month is having the privilege to serve the people. It is a sure thing that everybody in this group of medical students adore children, both the toothless and rapscallions. Garantisadong Pambata and Operasyon Timbang are both conducted every month and spearheaded by the Barangay Health Worker,...

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Water Sampling

The number one health problem identified in the community of Goin is the poor sanitation of water sources and unsafe drinking water. Ralph Renon T. Casamayor, who heads the health plan, has taken a step forward in implementing the strategies. Samples of the water located in “tabays” in the different districts was obtained. The samples were...

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Hypertension Health Teaching

Following the house to house mass blood pressure taking, a health teaching plan was constructed by Apple Mae Roullo on the 14th of October. Residents of different clusters gathered in the barangay hall to attend the montly Family Development Sessions headed by the MSWD. Doctor Roullo judiciously collaborated with Ms. Hivy Reyes of the...

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Mass BP Taking

A peaceful community like Barangay Goin would not suggest the presence of debilitating diseases like those in urban cities. The people here are frequenters of organic resources like vegetables, fruits, fish and meat. The main livelihood of the people also contributes to their healthy states. Farming requires a large amount of work that...

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Meet and Greet

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The Survey Process and The People of Goin

"Why am I doing this?" This is the question I continually asked myself when we were passing through the wilderness of the deep and scary forest, when we were climbing steep passageways bordering cliffs, when we were being chased by a carabao, when we were basking under the heat of the sun like being stranded for days on a desert and when we were perspiring like ice cubes on fire. We experienced all of these things and more when...

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Goin’ Exceptional

Every dwelling is different in its own way. The wonder of the place fitted together to be just the perfect image is a breath taker. This is how our Creator constructed our Earth, fitted perfectly and unique; just how it should be. As the days passed by, one would ask if what is exceptional with Barangay Goin. Aside from the long journey ahead and the vast land that is filled by coconut and rubber trees, corn and rice plantation,...

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The Start

Medical school in Ateneo de Zamboanga University - School of Medicine is different. You are not expected to stay in school and study the human body and it's systems. The medical school, from its creation, has made a special kind of laboratory for its students where they can practice the skills they have learned in the school. This laboratory...

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