Two specialist doctors have promptly responded to the request of Cainta Mayor Keith Nieto to address the urgent medical needs of children battling cancer.
Nieto expressed his gratitude to Dr. May Priscilla Cero and Dr. Ivy Bernardo for their positive response and willingness to serve, highlighting their spirit of self-sacrifice.
In a social media post, Nieto shared that parents had approached him seeking help for their children — one diagnosed with leukemia, the other with lymphoma.
“Pinilit kong suportahan ang mga kelangan nila sa mga pribadong ospital. Pero mabigat talaga. Malaking pondo lagi ang katapat,” Nieto said.
The mayor said he instructed Cainta Municipal Hospital administrator Dr. Antonio Jayson Sierra to find an oncologist-hematologist from private hospitals who could serve as a consultant for the LGU-run facility.
“Ngayong umaga, sa dasal na rin marahil ng mga umaasang magulang, dumating si Dr. May Priscilla Cero sa buhay ng mga taga Cainta. Isa siyang pediatric hematologist oncologist,” he said.
“Kabado pa ko nung una baka di pumayag,” added Nieto, “pero wala [pang] dalawang minuto pagkatapos ko ipahayag ang aking pakay, napapirma ko siyang magtrabaho sa atin. [Schedule] niya [ay] tuwing Sabado sa ating ospital.”
Nieto thanked Dr. Cero, calling her arrival a blessing for sick children.
"Hindi mo alam doc kung anong biyaya ang dinala mo sa bayan ko para matulungan ang mga batang may cancer. Sobrang salamat sa ‘yo at maligayang pagdating sa Cainta,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Bernardo — an obstetrician-gynecologist — recently responded to the mayor's call to manage the birthing clinic of the newly opened Karangalan Super Health Center.
“Super ang tawag sa kanya kasi 24 hours a day ang operation dito. May laboratory at diagnostic procedures, may birthing clinic, at selected surgical operations para mabawasan ang mga pasyenteng dumadagsa sa ospital natin. Kung kaya na dito, dito na sila pupunta,” Nieto said.