HOSPITAL ON WHEELS AS A MOVEMENT

 HOSPITAL ON WHEELS AS A MOVEMENT 

In a country like the Philippines where there are many towns that do not even have hospitals, something must be done, not only to bring the hospital services closer to where the people are, but to bring these services to where they really are, right where they live and work. And that is precisely what Dr. Jim Sanchez had in mind, when he founded Hospital on Wheels (HOW). 

But now, after many years of visiting many remote and distant destinations, after providing many medical, surgical, dental and visual services to thousands of people, Dr. Sanchez wants to grow HOW, so that he could bring it to many more destinations, and so that he and his teams could provide many more services to many more people. 

The solution to the problem is social networking. Nowadays, almost any form of human activity has something to do with social networking, either directly or indirectly. And that is why I think that the best direction for HOW to take, is to transform it into a mass movement, using the power of social networking for mobilization. 

Don't you think it would be exciting for netizens, especially the younger people, to get involved in looking for people to help and heal? The satisfaction from helping and healing people is something that money cannot buy. And now, HOW can make them experience that. IKE SENERES/6-7-2024 

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