The Urban Angels of St. Michaels Hospital in Ontario, Canada are arriving today, for a six-day cataract and medical mission Feb. 20 to 26, at the Bago City Hospital, in Negros Occidental, a press release from Valladolid Mayor Ricardo Presbitero Jr. said.

The team is composed of 29 medical and surgical doctors, nurses and volunteers from Canada, and nine medical and surgical doctors from Manila.

It is third time they will conduct the mission in Negros Occidental.

Presbitero, chairman of the Midland Negros Inter Local Health Zone, said that, aside from the medical mission, the team will have a two-day outreach program in various local governments units in the 4th district of Negros Occidental, and in the province of Guimaras.

Inquiries about the mission may be made by calling Dr. Pilar Mabasa, chief of hospital, Bago City Hospital at Tel. No. 461-01-18, the press release added.*

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