Gov. Gwen Garcia marked another first as she led the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Napalkov Cancer Center in St. Petersburg to develop a “scientific, educational and innovative activities in the field of oncology.”
Gov. Garcia and the Center’s Director Dr. Vladimir Mikhailovich Moiseyenko signed the MOU on Wednesday, June 5, during the visit of the former to their facilities.
Governor Garcia said the prospect is exciting and beneficial for the Province of Cebu which runs and operates four provincial hospital, two island hospitals and 10 district hospitals.
Director Moiseyenko, the chief physician who runs the Center, one of Russia's leading cancer diagnosis and treatment establishments, is interested in enhancing this future collaboration with Cebu and the Philippines.
“We can talk further, communicate,” he told Gov. Garcia and Board Member Caminero, who chairs the committee on health in the provincial board and who is on the frontline of this future collaboration.
This collaboration will include the continuous exchange of knowledge, scientific information and practical skills which could help both parties especially in dealing against oncological diseases or cancer.
Napalkov Cancer Center is one of the largest research and treatment centers in Russia, which provides exceptional specialty medical care, while its scientists and researchers explore the methods for prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.
The Center began as the Institute of Oncology, founded on March 15 1927. It is one of the oldest medical institutions in the North-Western Federal District of Russia which proudly bears the name of its founder, Nikolai Pavlovich Napalkov, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert and is hailed as the father of oncology in Russia.
The signing of the memorandum of understanding is among the official tasks that the provincial officials tackled during their visit to Russia, on top of which is to attend the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2024).
On Tuesday, Gov. Garcia also signed a memorandum of agreement with the governor of Saint Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, renewing the sister-region agreement that was first signed in 2009, on cooperation and collaboration for the two regions in the field of business, tourism, arts and culture, health, education, including sports. |PIO