Davao City – A Memorandum of Agreement was entered between Brokenshire Medical Center (BMC) and the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) on 22 May 2024 at the Physical Rehabilitation and Medicine Center Building, BMC to provide rehabilitation services to persons with work-related disabilities (PWRDs).

DOLE XI Assistant Regional Director Jason P. Balais graced the ceremonial signing and said, when asked about the significance of this agreement for the workers in region XI, that this rehab partnership will greatly impact in the physical and economic recovery of PWRDs. “DOLE, thru ECC, has been true to its mandate to offer holistic intervention for survivors of work-connected contingencies. Hence, physical and economic rehabilitation have been the core of the programs,” ARD Balais said. However, he emphasized the primordial importance of safety and health of the workers as he exhorted all establishments to adopt effective safety policies to prevent any contingencies from happening.

Ronald Manuel C. Santos, the Senior Vice President of Appleone Medical Group and the CEO of Brokenshire Medical Center, welcomed the partnership and appreciated the trust of ECC over the hospital’s capacity to bring to fruition its mandate to the public. “We recognized the essence of this partnership to the workers in the region, to ECC and to our institution. This prompted us to better our medical services especially our rehab facilities so as to address all possible physical concerns of the PWRDs,” Santos said.

This was the third partnership of ECC with rehab institutions in the city of Davao. Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) and Mindanao Orthopedic Sports and Rehab Center (MOSARC) being the first and second, respectively.

The ECC’s Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan Program is designed to capacitate PWRDs physically and economically through its free physical or occupational therapy and grant of livelihood starter kits.

 

 

A. Bantan – REU 11