PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan (second from right) hands over the check to Maguindanao Board Member Mamatanto Mamantal (third from left) and Elizabeth Samama of Buluan District Hospital (third from right) in the amount of P1 million as initial endowment fund for the Buluan District Hospital on September 12. Joining them are (from left), South Cotabato OIC-Branch Manager Misael Hamak, Mindanao-Department Manager Gloria Ybañez, and AGM for Branch Operations Remeliza Gabuyo. The endowment fund check was released during the soft opening of PCSO’s 64th Branch held at the Office of the Provincial Govenor, Buluan, Maguindanao. The Endowment Fund Program provides funding support directly to government hospitals to augment the medical needs of patients admitted in the Charity Section/Ward. Under the program, funds are downloaded directly to the health facility to be utilized for period of one year from the release of the assistance. LEILA VALENCIA/PHOTO BY ROSELLE DELA UMBRIA
