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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is currently conducting its own relief operations to support the families  affected by typhoon Yolanda that ruined Tacloban City and Palo town in Leyte, as well as neighboring towns in central Philippines two weeks ago.

During the flag raising ceremony last Monday at DOST Compound in Bicutan, Taguig City, Secretary Mario G. Montejo appealed to all employees to extend assistance to the 400 families or about 2,000 people who have evacuated to the Philippine Science High School System (PSHS) Eastern Visayas Campus in Palo, Leyte. The evacuees are staying at the first and second floors of the PSHS buildings and depend solely on donations for their daily survival.

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The ninth National Biotech Week will open on November 25, Monday, at the Arroceros Forest Park in Manila City and will run until November 29, Friday.

The five-day event has the theme “Bioteknolohiya para sa Kalikasan, Kalusugan, Kagandahan, Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran” with the Department of Education (DepEd) as this year’s lead agency. Partner institutions of the event include the departments of Science and Technology, Agriculture, Environment, Interior and Local Government, Trade and Industry; Commission on Higher Education; and the Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines.

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At a children’s hospital in the United States, robots are roaming the corridors to bring food trays to patients.  Such system relieves nurses from the tedious and time consuming chore of pushing food carts inside the hospital every day.

This is one way of making healthcare smarter which involves optimal use of technology to do things better.