Last February 9 and 10, 2008, Councilor Elsa Bautista-Teodoro launched her OPERATION NGITI PROJECT in Barangay Tangos, Navotas. This was in coordination with the UE College of Dentistry Alumni Association represented by Dr. Niel Echiverre and wife, Dr. Yumi. Councilor Elsa hosted the Charity DENTAL MISSION by the AICHI-GAKUIN Dental Alumni Association of Japan that was held at the Tangos National High School in Navotas headed by Dr. Editha Matias, their principal.
It was a successful Dental Mission and a record-breaking 2-day joint project since the tickets that were prepared for the 2 days were only 400 pcs. It was forecasted that only about 150 patients could be accommodated per day at the most, basing it through experience in the past years. But we were able to accommodate 560 patients! It must be because of the well-organized team of Councilor Elsa's coordinator, Mr Edward Ebuenga and staff, Susan Cahanding , Jonathan Besana, Marcos Manuel & Budie Bautista.
There were 23 Japanese dentist and 3 dentists from UE facultyplus 5-8 dentistry students of UE Manila. The activity started at 8:30am Saturday morning of February 9, 2008 and ended at 4:30 p.m. and people were already lined up at the gate. Thanks to the assistance of PNP - SWAT enforcers for the security of our Japanese guests and the assistance of the Peace and Order & Safety Office (P.O.S.O) for the traffic assistance and the Barangay Tangos officials. Everything went smoothly and Navotas townspeople were very grateful for the project which not only offered tooth extraction services but also filling, xray and surgery!
The state of the art portable dental equipments of the Aichi-Gakuin dentists and their unselfish service gave the people a sample of the truly humble caring and concern the team wanted to show. There were also free toothbrushes, dental mirror, pain medicine and anti-biotics plus a souvenir ballpen for each patient!
Another Good News is that Dr. Masamichi has just scheduled May 2009 for their return to Navotas for another Charity work. This will be an annual project to cater to the less fortunate people of Navotas and for next year, the Operation Ngiti project will be held at Barangay Tanza, Navotas.
Councilor Elsa Bautista-Teodoro wishes to thank Dr. Niel Echiverre, Dr. Yumi, Dr. Masamichi, Dr. Lim and Director Espiritu for all your help. We salute you for your dedication.
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