SIX years since the Tzu Chi Hualien Hospital International Medical Center began offering professional training programs for Filipino doctors under the Taiwan government's New Southbound program, Philippine-based surgeons are reporting increased confidence in performing transplant procedures, leading to improved patient outcomes.

During her lecture at the Taiwan-Philippines Advanced Medical Forum on August 16, Alma Reyes Calavera has cited data from the Philippine Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, which shows a steady increase in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant cases in the country since 2018.

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