Our MB Sustainability Focus Session on healthcare

We recently mounted our second MB Sustainability Focus Session; and this one was entitled Envisioning the Future of Healthcare.

- PHILIP CU UNJIENG

In an earlier iteration, the title included “... Healthcare, Access to Medicine, and Nutrition;” as we wanted to call attention to all the three topics. But we realized it was more than a mouthful to go with, and opted to simplify. But if simplification was essential in titling rights, that would be as far as it went; as we had brought in speakers and resource persons who would provide a comprehensive “snapshot” of our current healthcare situation, where we would like to go, and what steps are needed to make that journey - and they included speakers on pharmaceutical distribution, and on nutrition.

Our academic institution partner was the University of Santo Tomas, and this is the second time we've partnered with the university. Our sincere thanks to UST Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Louie Colonel, and to Office of Public Affairs Director Michaella Lagniton and her staff. They have been godsend, making our partnership with the University such a breeze and welcome experience. The faculty members who joined the panel discussions as reactors, and to go deeper with the resource speakers, get our salute. And to the students of the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nutrition, and Tourism, who attended the morning and afternoon sessions, I fully appreciate how engaged you were, and how the questions asked brought out the best from our speakers.