Tanauan, Leyte – To provide healthcare access
to far-flung communities, CARD, Inc. (A Microfinance
NGO) – CARD MRI’s Microfinance and Health Protection
(MaHP) opens a clinic and laboratory facility that offers
medical services in Tanauan, Leyte on October 5, 2023.
Recognizing clients’ critical need for a health
protection program urged CARD, Inc. to establish clinics
and laboratories across the Philippines, offering affordable medical consultations and laboratory services, including maternal care, child health, family planning, and
diagnostic tests.
CARD, Inc. also partnered with private healthcare practitioners and facilities to ensure the continuous
availability of healthcare support and extend the services
not only to CARD MRIs clients and their dependents but
also to the general public.
“Our mission is to empower the community to
make healthier choices and establish an accessible and
in Tanauan, Leyte
MaHP Director Dr. Roderick Belen (rightmost, front
row), CARD, Inc. Board of Trustee Ms. Haydee Eulin
(leftmost, second row), CARD, Inc. Deputy Executive
Director for Finance and Admin Lousel Cortes (2nd
to the left, front row), CARD Bank Regional Director Ms. Luella Bulalacao (2nd to the right, front row),
Mayor’s Office representative Judge Efren Abando
(3rd to the left, front row), and Brgy. Captain Mr. Romeo M. Tecson (3rd to the right, front row) alongside other CARD MRI’s staff and clients attended the
inauguration of CARD, Inc. new healthcare facility.
It aims to bring healthcare services closer to more
Filipino communities.
affordable healthcare facility,” MaHP Director Dr.
Roderick Belen said.
The said activity was part of the CARD
MRI’s mission to combat
poverty through enhanced
healthcare access.
Among those
who graced the opening
of the facility were MaHP
Director Dr. Roderick Belen, CARD, Inc. Board of
Trustee Ms. Haydee Eulin;
Deputy Executive Director
for Finance and Admin Ms.
Lousel Cortes; CARD, Inc.
Assistant Executive Director Larry Jun Barcoma;
Regional Director Isidro
Guevarra Jr.; CARD Bank
Regional Director Ms. Luella Bulalacao; and MaHP
Chief MedTech Laarni Fernandez. Also invited were
Municipal Mayor Gina E.
Merilo represented by
Judge Efren Abando and
Brgy. Captain Mr. Romeo
M. Tecson and some clients.
“This achievement serves as a testament to our unwavering
commitment to bringing
quality healthcare access
for all, a cause that is set to
transform lives and communities in the Philippines
and beyond,” CARD, Inc.
Trustee Ms. Haydee Eulin
said.
As of October
2023, CARD, Inc. (MaHP)
operates three clinics and
laboratories located in
San Pablo City, Laguna,
and Tagum City Davao
del Norte. Meanwhile the
third clinic is located in Barangay Buntay, Tanauan,
Leyte.
Going Digital
In 2012, CARD
recognized the critical
need for health protection,
thus with the support of
CARD, Inc., CARD Laboratory was inaugurated,
offering diagnostic services at a minimal fee, in
addition to free consultations.
Eight years after, with the advancement
of technology and with
the COVID-19 pandemic,
the company introduced
CARD e-Doctor to offer
free online medical consultations via Facebook
messenger and a series
of informative lectures on
various health topics, including disease descriptions, symptoms, treatments, and preventive
measures, were conducted by partner doctors via
live Facebook sessions.
This interactive
platform allowed viewers to actively participate,
posing questions during
the live discussions, and
receiving expert answers.
As CARD MRI
continues in uplifting the
marginalized, the new clinic and laboratory is now
open and ready to serve
clients, staff, and Tanauan
communities with holistic
and accessible healthcare
services. The said facility
is open from Monday to
Friday, 6:30 AM to 4:00
