By Vicki Allen Penwell | Executive Director
Dear supporters and friends,
Thanks for all your thoughts, prayers, best wishes and support as we build our newest Mercy In Action birth center and clinic in Olongapo, Philippines. Perhaps the hardest part of the entire process is where we are now - navigating permits and other bureaucratic red tape.
On that front, we have an exciting update to report! The Occupancy Permit was finally granted —the first step toward our Department of Health License for this facility! This part took so long due to many factors; this is our first time building a clinic and birth center in a larger medical complex, and so the entire process was more complex!
In this new, bright and beautiful clinic, our midwives have already been providing prenatal and postpartum care, however, we need the full DOH license in order to operate fully for deliveries. And while everyone is anxious to get fully open for births, we are already doing so much patient care in the new facility, and it is already impacting the surrounding community in big and significant ways. We have been holding on-site training sessions and providing support and capacity-building for our local medical community.
Thank you for your support; it is so appreciated and more meaningful to our patients than you can imagine!
Love and blessings,
Vicki Penwell
For the Mercy In Action team
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