Service - our heart, our driving force, our calling, our passion, our reason. Why we are students, why we are doctors, why we are Mu. We strive to help people live better lives through health, equipped with the discipline of scholarship, empowered as leaders, and fearless with the ardor of brotherhood and sisterhood. We march against the status quo; we see opportunities, we redefine possibilities. Groundbreaking. Innovative. Glorious. We fill the gaps like no one have. We inspire. We change. Service is our war, for we are Mu.

The Mu Service Month poster, designed by Picoy Cruz '15

 

November 2011 marked the annual celebration of Service Month for the Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Sorority, officially kicking off with the Service Month Exhibit opening last November 14, 2011 at the UPCM Sidestones. Highlighting the Fraternity's and Sorority's year-round dedication to Service, the exhibit was officially opened by former Vice-Chancellor Dr. Orlino O. Talens MΣΦ 1969 and Dr. Cynthia Cuayo-Juico µΣΦ 1976.

 

Also launched were the Fraternity’s official Service Scrubs and the Service Month’s lineup of activities, led by Fraternity Bearer of the Staff Marvin Masalunga MΣΦ 2014, Brother Recorder Gab De Leon MΣΦ 2015, and Sorority Service Committee Chair Marianne Naria µΣΦ 2014.

Mindoro Medical Mission
November 5-7, 2011

The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Sorority held its 8th Mindoro Health Mission last November 5-7, 2011.  The medical team - composed of 21 brods, 15 sisses and 8 dentists from the Fil-Chi Dental Association, served two areas in Oriental Mindoro, Naujan and Roxas, and were able to cater to a total of 574 medical consultations and 157 dental cases.

 

The 8th Mindoro Health Mission was made possible through the collaborative efforts of Bearer of the Staff Marvin Masalunga MΣΦ 2014, Health Missions Chair Johnnel Pahila MΣΦ 2015, former UP Manila Vice-Chair for Administrative Affairs Brod Dr. Orlino Talens MΣΦ 1969, local NGOs through Mr. Dennis Reyes of the Gawin ang Tama Movement, Inc., and Hon. Alfonso Cusi of Sandugo, the Fil-Chi Dental Association team headed by Ms. Marian Manuel, and the nursing aides from Paradigm Colleges of Science and Technology.

 

More on the Mindoro Health Mission here.

 

Batangas Health Mission
November 12, 2011

 

The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity, along with Vice-Mayor Armenius O. Silva of Sto. Tomas, Batangas, and Twenty-Niners Manpower Services, held a joint medical mission for the citizens of the said town. Eleven Fraternity doctors tended to 194 patients.

 

Our Mu doctors tend to a mother’s complaints about her sick child in Batangas

 

Lukso ng Dugo: Blood Drive
November 15, 2011

 

In partnership with Philippine General Hospital Blood Bank, the Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Sorority organized one of its year-round blood drives, Lukso ng Dugo. A total of 26 blood units were gathered from an initial pool of 30 UPCM and PGH students, faculty, and employees. All blood units will go to the PGH Blood Bank, which dispenses close to 100 units of blood for its patients every day.

 

Mu-Gawad Kalinga Health Day
November 19, 2011

 

The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity provided a comprehensive service program for the citizens of Gawad Kalinga Baseco Village, Tondo, Manila, entitled “Gawad Kalinga Health Day”, last November 19, 2011. This was done in partnership with Gawad Kalinga, Exempli Gratia Foundation, Inc., and the Social Transformation Advocacy Towards Public Health of the UP College of Public Health (STAPH-CPH).

Mu doctors, together with students from STAPH-CPH, Exempli Gratia, and members of the GK Baseco community pose after a successful GK Health Day

 

This whole-day event was comprised of a medical mission, de-worming session for children, public health lectures, and documentary screening from the 2nd Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival. The GK Health Day was spearheaded by Aries Poncio MΣΦ 2015.

 

More on the Mu-GK Health Day here.

Members of the Fraternity and Sorority were provided refresher courses on Diabetes Mellitus by Dr. Mitos Cating-Cabral µΣΦ 2001 from the Section of Endocrinology of the PGH Department of Internal Medicine, and on Abdominal Pain by Dr. Ruter Maralit MΣΦ 2005, a fellow also from the PGH Department of Medicine, at the Paz Mendoza Building of the UP College of Medicine.

 

Refresher courses are regularly organized for our brods and sisses to enhance their knowledge on the various common ailments found especially in the out-patient settings. These crash courses enable our Mu student-doctors to properly elicit, diagnose, and provide management to their respective patients, especially during our weekly medical missions.

 

Parañaque Medical Mission

November 26, 2011

 

In partnership with the Exempli Gratia Foundation, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard, eight Fraternity doctors joined in another medical mission in MoonWalk, Parañaque. A total of 430 patients were given free medical consultations and management. Exempli Gratia is one of the Fraternity’s long-time partners in its Service activities.

 

Amputee-Charity Climb Launch

November 27, 2011

The Amputee Climb, last organized by the Fraternity in 2007, was formally re-launched last November 27, 2011 as the Amputee-Charity Climb, when three Fraternity doctors – project head Alf Pacheco MΣΦ 2015, Bearer of the Staff Marvin Masalunga MΣΦ 2014, and neophyte Denor Sotalbo – joined Sir Al Fernandez, a former athlete who underwent left leg amputation, in a day climb to conquer Mt. Pico De Loro in Ternate, Cavite.

The Amputee-Charity Climb is part of a series of projects under MUbility, all geared towards raising awareness and uplifting the welfare of our differently-abled countrymen. Jumpstarted through the initiative of Dr. Rafael “Pipo” Bundoc MΣΦ 1986 of the PGH Department of Orthopedics, his wife Dr. Josephine Bundoc of the PGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and student-members of the Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity, MUbility aims to breathe new life in these formerly debilitated patients by constructing wheelchairs and prosthetic devices, and spearheading events that would empower them such as organized runs and public health lectures, amongst others.

 

The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity Amputee-Charity Climb will be held in February 2012.

 

Thanksgiving Mass 

 

The Fraternity and Sorority hosted a Thanksgiving Mass in the PGH Chapel, in celebration of a successful Service Month.

 

Congratulations to the Fraternity's and Sorority's respective Service Committees, led by Bearer of the Staff Marvin Masalunga MΣΦ 2014 and Service Committee Chair Marianne Naria µΣΦ 2014, and all the brods and sisses who contributed to Service Month 2011's groundbreaking success. All For The Glory!

 

Photos by Berbi Berba MΣΦ 2015 and Marvin Masalunga MΣΦ 2014