{"id":1156,"date":"2023-01-22T18:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutritioncarestage.com\/maw\/?post_type=success-story&#038;p=1156"},"modified":"2025-01-31T18:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:26:10","slug":"a-tale-of-two-cities-ambassador-fatima-university-medical-center","status":"publish","type":"success-story","link":"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/success-story\/a-tale-of-two-cities-ambassador-fatima-university-medical-center\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Cities\u2014Ambassador Fatima University Medical Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Iturralde_Harold-200.jpg\" alt=\"Iturralde_Harold\" class=\"wp-image-651 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Iturralde_Harold-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Iturralde_Harold-200-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/200;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Despite COVID prohibitions on gatherings in the Philippines, Dr. Harold P. Iturralde was determined that Malnutrition Awareness Week&trade; (MAW) would be observed at not just the Valenzuela City branch of the Fatima University Medical Center, but at the other in Antipolo City, too&mdash;some 60 miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To inform his far-flung colleagues, Dr. Iturralde, an internist and clinical nutritionist, used email blasts, social media, and a variety of apps including Viber and Facebook Messenger. The teaching hospital&rsquo;s administrators, internal medicine residents, and marketing department were key allies, promoting MAW events on its website and social media outlets. MAW posters went up in both cities, and MAW buttons were distributed and worn by the hospital staff for the entire week.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Iturralde took the added step of informing the local representatives of Nestl&eacute; and Abbott about the event. Their representatives supported MAW by providing their products to patients in the ambulatory and hemodialysis clinics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Nutrition education is not prioritized in medical school or post-graduate\/residency trainings,&rdquo; said Dr. Iturralde. &ldquo;Fatima University Medical Center&rsquo;s participation in MAW2020 is a manifestation of the institution&rsquo;s commitment to being an outstanding training\/teaching hospital for future doctors. There is now an increased awareness among the residents-in-training of nutritional screening and assessment of patients so those needing nutrition support\/therapy are identified earlier and personalized nutritional and dietary interventions are formulated and implemented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"FUMC_2\" class=\"wp-image-650 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;width:193px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_2.jpeg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1007\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Screenshot-FUMC-MAW-1024x1007.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Screenshot FUMC MAW\" class=\"wp-image-653 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1007;width:258px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Screenshot-FUMC-MAW-1024x1007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Screenshot-FUMC-MAW-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Screenshot-FUMC-MAW-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Facebook-Screenshot-FUMC-MAW.jpg 1336w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"812\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_1.jpeg\" alt=\"FUMC_1\" class=\"wp-image-649 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 621px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 621\/812;width:199px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_1.jpeg 621w, https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FUMC_1-229x300.jpeg 229w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_searchwp_excluded":"","inline_featured_image":false},"topic":[],"class_list":["post-1156","success-story","type-success-story","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.6 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - 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