HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS

EXECUTIVE BOARD October 12, 2019

2019-2020
Angelica Lafuente Clinton Balud, MD, FPPS, FPSNBM
President
Chairman
Aziel Almasco Department of Pediatrics
Internal Vice President
Saint Louis University – Hospital of the Sacred Heart
Jessica Cathrine Feria
External Vice President
Through
Joanna Pamela Pua
Secretary Djo Reena Milan, MD
Chief Resident
Karen Isabelle Gallardo
Treasurer Department of Pediatrics
Pamela Pagador Saint Louis University – Hospital of the Sacred Heart
Auditor

Mikaela Joy Ormita

Local Exchange Officer Greetings from Saint Louis University – Future Physicians for Health and Human
Adriano Torres Rights!
Logistics Head

Danz Harvey Velasco Christmas is a time of gift-giving and spreading love and happiness to everyone
Marketing and Publicity Head
– especially to children. The holiday season gives children the happiness and
Arnold Joseph Geronimo hope that all of their wishes would come true, whether they have been good
Alumni Officer
or bad. In the hospital setting, albeit being admitted for their illnesses, pediatric
Ma. Katrina Gale Estonilo
Human Rights patients also have this spirit of happiness and hope that are especially
Committee Head
heightened during the season of Christmas.
Editha Marie Flores
Medical Education
Committee Head In line with this, our Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace would
like to propose the BUDDY BEAR PROJECT.
Janne Pauleen Bautista
Public Health
Committee Head
This project aims to lessen the fear of pediatric patients while being admitted
Jeric John Ildefonso in the hospital especially during the holiday season. It includes activities such
Reproductive Health and AIDS
Committee Head as storytelling and playtime with the pediatric patients where they will play as
Dr. Nelson Hora doctors for the teddy bears that will be given to them. We hope that these
Adviser activities may help them cope with the anxiety that being admitted to a hospital
Dr. Donnabel Panes brings.
Adviser
Future Physicians for Health and Human Rights
Asian Medical Students’ Association
Saint Louis University
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With this, we would like to ask permission from your good office to allow us to
spend a day in the Pediatric Ward with your patients for the first Buddy Bear
Project. We aim that this project would be an annual event in the forthcoming
years.

Thank you very much for your cooperation!

In the spirit of knowledge, action, and friendship,

Ma. Katrina Gale Z. Estonilo

Project and Committee Head
Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace

Jessica Cathrine C. Feria

External Vice President
Future Physicians for Health and Human Rights

Angelica Lafuente
President
Future Physicians for Health and Human Rights

Future Physicians for Health and Human Rights

Asian Medical Students’ Association
Saint Louis University