QMMC offers free medico-legal services to QCPD Station 8

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:29:50 +0000

THE Quirino Memorial Medical Center now offers free medico-legal services to individuals in cases investigated by the Quezon City Police District Station 8 in Project 4, Quezon City through a subsidized coverage from Quezon City Rep. Allan Benedict Reyes. Signing the P1-million memorandum of agreement package are (from left) Police Lt. Col. Sandro Jay Tafalla, QCPD Station 8 commander; Reyes, and Dr. Evelyn Victoria Recide, QMMC chief medical officer, at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Barangay Marilag, Project 4.

The Quirino Memorial Medical Center now provides free medico-legal services to individuals under investigation by the Quezon City Police District Station 8 in Project 4, Quezon City.

This was made possible through a P1-million fund assistance from the office of Quezon City Rep. Allan Benedict S. Reyes in a bid to facilitate improvement in the criminal justice system.

The arrangement with the QMMC was formalized last  Wednesday through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement for Subsidized Medico-Legal Services at the Marilag Multi-Purpose Hall in Project 4.

Signatories of the MoA were Reyes, Lt. Col. Sandro Jay D.C. Tafalla, QCPD Station 8 commander, and Dr. Evelyn Victoria Recide, QMMC medical center chief. Witnesses to the signing of the MoA, notarized by lawyer Andreto Teleron, included Barangay Chairman Raul Addatu, Finance Officer Melanie Lomotan, and lawyer Gabriel L. Reyes.

A standard medico-legal examination would cost at least P300 and is a vital piece of evidence in police investigations and in subsequent legal proceedings.

Tafalla said that oftentimes victims of violent crimes are hard-pressed to cough up the cost of a medico-legal examination.

“Police stations do not have a fund to shoulder that, but we do. We get it from whatever savings we have; sometimes, from our own pockets. So this MoA with the QMMC and the fund from Congressman Reyes is a big help and a motivation for our investigators and personnel in the field who make the arrests,” he said.

Addatu, who chairs the Station Advisory Council for Police Transformation and Development of the QCPD Station 8, said he hopes thi
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