Pursuing its objective of driving Philippine social development by fostering the youth and the culture of excellence through education, the Henry Sy Foundation, Inc. (HSFI) recently inked a partnership with the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Research and Endowment Foundation to construct a building that elevates health education in the country.
Named in honor of the late SM
Founder, the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall of UST will rise on the main campus in Manila
to respond to the needs of digital medical education.
The Hall will feature
technologically advanced facilities and equipment that complement UST’s
teaching, learning, and research practices. Focused on interdisciplinary collaboration
in medical studies, it will also house the simulation and research facility of
the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (UST-FMS).
Paragons with passion
Fr. Richard Gaw Ang, OP, Rector
of UST, thanked the Sy family as they work together to provide the best
education to future physicians and increase UST’s research productivity to fill
the gaps where communities are disadvantaged.
“Your family consists of
industry leaders who have visions for the Filipino community. Your choice to
support this endeavor of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery is a
significant stamp of approval to the work and tradition of this medical
institution,” Fr. Ang said in a letter to the Sy family.
“Your family’s Patriarch, Henry
Sy, Sr., had principles in life that we, as an institution, give our best to
also follow. We aim to lead as paragons with passion, integrity, far-reaching
and optimistic vision, sensible priorities, and discipline. At the core of this
is a deep sense of charity for God, the church, and the nation,” Fr. Ang added.
UST’s future Henry Sy, Sr. Hall
Rising as an intellectual hub
for future physicians, the building has a dedicated floor for the Faculties of
Medicine and Surgery Research Center and the Medicine and Surgery Graduate
Programs and Ethics Review Board. Here, medical education research and various
medical-related specialty research will be reviewed and conducted.
The building will include specialized
centers, rooms, and laboratories, such as Medical Simulation Centers and Care
Ultrasound Institute, and Otorhinolaryngology Laboratory. These will be
equipped with cutting-edge tools and technology to develop medical students’
competencies in multiple simulated healthcare settings crossing the human
lifespan.
The HSFI is a non-stock, non-profit organization inspired by SM
founder Henry Sy, Sr.’s desire to aid educational institutions to drive
Philippine social development. Its projects are
undertaken in partnership with the SM group and its foundations to honor the SM
founder by supporting educational institutions in promoting academic excellence
as a key to a brighter future for the youth. Through the years, the foundation established
and supported several academic infrastructures, such as the Henry Sy Sr.
Primary School Building in Xavier School, Nuvali Laguna; Henry Sy Sr.
Innovation Center in Miriam College, Quezon City; NU Sports Academy in Calamba,
Laguna; NU Nazareth School in Manila; and a Henry Sy Sr. Hall each at
Immaculate Conception Academy, San Juan City, and Assumption College.
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