In renovating and refurbishing health centers, SM Foundation pursues its goal to provide comprehensive health care for women mindful of the attainment of the goals set by the UN Millennium Development Goals then, to the present 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
In celebrating Women’s Month, FTS Centers nationwide intensified these goals to empower women to become proactive members of society.
The Felicidad T. Sy Wellness Center for Children & the Elderly usually located within the SMFI Health Centers and in particular at the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Caloocan, the Earnshaw Health Center in Manila, Pozorrubio Health Center in Pangasinan and in other 33 Health Centers nationwide are all provided with facilities for women, particularly where deliveries can be assisted and monitored by health professionals.
The FTS Wellness Center at the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital is the first Felicidad T. Sy Mother and Child Care Center with an attached breastfeeding facility. It has a lounge for pregnant mothers, a breastfeeding area, a mother- and child-friendly ward, labor and delivery room, laboratory, newborn/hearing screening room, family planning unit, and gender-sensitive comfort rooms.
Earnshaw Health Center’s Felicidad T. Sy Wellness Center for Children and the Elderly differentiates it from other health centers with the presence of an Adolescent Clinic with a furnished counseling room, examination room and activity area. Because of its proximity to colleges and universities, the Adolescent Clinic was established to help facilitate and conduct trainings on health education, behavior counselling and healthy lifestyle consultation for youths. It is also a venue for sex education where teenagers learn emotional relations and responsibilities, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and the effects of early pregnancy.
In Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, the refurbished Municipal Health Center has complete facilities for pre- to post-natal care, as well as programs and amenities to address the needs of the child during its most critical stages of development. It focuses on the special needs of mothers and children.
According to Connie Angeles, Executive Director for Health & Wellness of SM Foundation, the center employs a holistic program for the mothers as it provides family planning services and orient couples on healthy child spacing and proper care and nutrition for expectant mothers. During pregnancy, expectant mothers can visit its maternity clinic for any health concerns.