Section 2
SECTION 2. Purpose and Objectives. The FOUNDATION shall have the following purposes and objectives: (a) To construct, establish, equip, maintain, administer and operate such integrated medical institution or institutions as shall specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation and/or relief of kidney and allied diseases, in line with the concern of the Government to provide material and financial support in the establishment, maintenance and operation of a kidney center primarily for the benefit of the Filipino people, and in pursuance of the policy of the State to secure the well-being of the people by providing them with specialized health and medical services and by minimizing the incidence of kidney and allied diseases in the country; (b) To promote medical and scientific research relative to the prevention and treatment of kidney and allied diseases, and to encourage planning, invention and development of artificial means of kidney support and transplantation; (c) To conduct fact-finding investigations on kidney diseases, and related field throughout the country or elsewhere, and to report, publish and disseminate information on kidney and allied diseases; (d) To finance, sponsor, hold or participate in congresses, conventions, conferences, seminars, work-shops and training programs on kidney diseases and/or related field in the Philippines or abroad; (e) To encourage and assist in the education and training of physicians, nurses, health officers, social workers and medical and technical personnel in the practical and scientific implementation of services to kidney patients; (f) To assist universities, hospitals and research institutions in their studies on kidney and allied diseases and other related fields, to encourage and grant scholarships for advanced training and specialization in renal and related fields, and to support educational programs of value to general public health; and (g) To stimulate the formation of other organizations on the national, provincial, city and/or local levels, and to coordinate the various efforts and activities of such organization for the purpose of achieving a more effective approach to the common problem relative to the purposes and objectives enumerated herein.