hy 1 Republic of the Philippines 2 PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE 3 2900 Laoag City 4 5 OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN 6 7 Draft Provincial Resolution No. 24 #429 8 Sponsored by the Commitlee of the Whoie 9 410 (A RESOLUTION ALLOWING THE USE OF THE GOV. 41 ROQUE B. ABLAN SR. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS THE 42 VENUE OF A FOUR (4) DAY MEDICAL MISSION BY 13 OPERATION SMILE COVERING THE PERIOD AUGUST 8 44 TO 11, 2010. 16 16 WHEREAS, Operation Smile is an interational non-profit organization 47 comprised of medical professionals from around the world, that provide safe and 48. effective reconstructive surgery for children bom with facial deformities such as cleft lip 19 and cleft palate; a WHEREAS, Operation Smile was also established to build public and private 22. partnerships thet advocale for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families: 24 WHEREAS, the first official mission of Operation Smile was in 1982, and since 25 then they have provided thousands of free surgeries to children in several mission sites 26 in the Philippines including, Angeles, Bacolod, Batanga, Balayan, Batangas, Benguet 27 Bukdinon, Cagayan de Oro, Caloocan, Capiz, Cavite, Cauayan, Gebu, Dagupan, 28 Davao, Guagua, lligan, Kalibo, Legaspi, Lemery, Kicena, Makati, Manila, Masbate, 28 Misamis, Muntinlupa, Naga, Negros Occidental, Palawan, Quezon City, San Fernando, ~ gers ha, 30. Silay City, Sto. Tomas, Tagbilaran, Tarlac, Tuguegarao, and Laguna, a deme out, 32 WHEREAS, Operation Smile is planning to come to locos Norte on August 8 to 33 11, 2019, to perform free surgeries to children who have facial deformities, and are in 34 need of a venue to hold such medicai mission, WHEREAS, the Gov. Roque B. Ablan, Sr. Memorial Hospital, being a tertiary 37 _ level hospital, would be the right venue to hold such event, 38 el ra NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved, as it is hereby Resolved, to allow the use of PAG aug o— the Gov. Roque B. Ablan, Sr. Memorial Hospital as the venue of a four (4) day medical mission by Operation Smile covering the period August 8 to 41, 2040 RESOLVED FURTHER, to transmit copies of this Resolution to the Chief of Hospital of Gov. Roque B. Ablan Memorial Hospital, the Provincial Health Officer and Operation Smile for their information. EGS Fes” ©ooaronran as