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By Dr. Cesar D. Candari, California USA
Mrs. Melinda Pechangco Liberman is a native of Pandan, Antique, Philippines and a widow of the late Alexander Liberman of New York.  She volunteered to build a Surgical Center in Pandan to alleviate the plight of the impoverished indigent citizens of the town most of whom can never afford access to modern and effective surgical services. It was revealed at a meeting with a group of civic spirited natives of Pandan who came home for the town fiesta and who are now residing in different parts of the world. The group call themselves the "Kyapnets" of Pandan interacting through the Internet, for the improvement of the lives of people in their hometown.
It is anticipated that the ground breaking for the Alexander Liberman Memorial Surgical (ALMS) Center of Pandan will be started soon. Meanwhile, preliminary drawings of the building, site inspection and costing estimates are on going.
Dr. Lourdes Alojipan Burgos of New Jersey, also a native of Pandan donated the land for the building site.
"This is a milestone in the annals of health care service in the town of Pandan " said Dr. Cesar D. Candari, designated chairman of the Surgical Center project. The center will be equipped with modern facilities that will provide free surgery service to the indigent population of Pandan and nearby communities. It will also serve as a permanent venue for medical and surgical missions to be conducted on an ongoing basis by humanitarian volunteers from the U.S. and other foreign countries and Manila.
Dr. Robert Peter Alojipan President of PAGTATAP Foundation (a nonprofit foundation whose members are natives of Pandan) in Metro Manila, Philippines and overall Vice-Chairman of the project is busy researching estimated cost of the project and architect's preliminary drawings.
In a letter of appreciation to Mrs. Liberman, the Project Team of PAGTATAP stated:
"The officers and members of PAGTATAP Foundation, Inc., and its friends and sympathizers who have a common purpose with us in our vision of providing voluntary and charitable assistance programs and projects for the benefit of the people of Pandan, Antique, hereby convey its deepest appreciation and gratitude to Mrs. Melinda P. Liberman, for her selfless and most noble commitment to donate the proposed ALEXANDER LIBERMAN MEMORIAL SURGICAL CENTER to the people of Pandan."
The late Alexander Liberman is a world-renowned artist, a magazine editor and designer of the Conde Nast Publications, Vogue Magazine, Glamour, Vanity Fair and other popular magazines in the U.S. He is a famous sculptor whose works of Art have been displayed in public places all over the world. |
