Makati City health project gets share of cinema ticket sales

Three cinema owners in Makati have remitted a total of P752,947 to the Operation Smile Philippines (OSP), following the passage of a city council resolution authorizing the city government to collect an additional P1 for every movie ticket sold from July to September this year to help fund the annual surgical mission to repair cleft lips.

In a report to Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, the OSP said the remittances came from Ayala Land, Inc. (P576,788), Rockwell Land, Inc. (P115,195) and Waltermart (P60,964).

Binay said the funds will be used to support the outreach programs of OSP, such as annual mission hosted by the city government, which is now on its second year.

Operation Smile is a private, non-profit volunteer medical services organization that provides reconstructive surgery and related health care to indigent children and young adults suffering from the said deformities.

In the latest surgical mission of OSP in Makati which was held from Oct. 23 to 27, a total of 92 patients, consisting of 88 children and four adults with cleft lips and palates and other facial deformities, underwent reconstructive surgery at the Ospital ng Makati (OSMAK) Acute Care Center (ACC) in Bel-Air. Among the beneficiaries were 30 Makati residents. — Rhodina Villanueva