The brand new supply room of the Mandaue Metropolis Hospital | Photograph by Mary Rose Sagarino
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandauehanons can anticipate improved high quality service from the Mandaue Metropolis Hospital because it opened its new supply and working rooms on Friday, October 18.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Working Room and Supply Room Complicated was led by Mayor Glenn Bercede and Vice Mayor Nerissa Quickly-Ruiz.
“Kini nga bag-ong pasilidad dili lang para sa karun, sa mga Mandauehanon, kun di para sa umaabot nga henerasyon. Atoang tinguha nga mahatagan og kalidad nga serbisyo medikal, walay laing tumong kundi ang paghatag og maayo’ng kaugmaon para sa tanan,” stated Bercede.
Mandaue Metropolis Hospital Administrator Dr. Ligaya Lakambini Dargantes stated that with the brand new rooms, the town hospital can now cater to extra sufferers and carry out minor surgical procedures resembling incision of cysts and circumcision, amongst others.
“Even when wala pa ta nahatagan og degree 1 sa Division of Well being, with this one, particularly the supply room, sayun nalang. Pwede nata nga makapaanak, in contrast to earlier than nga muadto pa sila sa Eversley (hospital). So karun, pwede nata maka-accommodate. On the similar time, karun pwede nata moadmit og ubay-ubay nga pasyente,” stated Dargantes.
Mandaue Metropolis Hospital’s new working room.| Photograph by Mary Rose Sagarino
The renovation was funded by the town authorities, amounting to over P12 million. Dargantes stated that the renovation was deliberate earlier than the pandemic in 2019 and was pushed by regardless of the pandemic and Storm Odette in 2021.
“This single theater and supply unit is the lacking puzzle to lastly full the Well being Care Supplier Community (HCPN). We’re constructive that this unit might be a recreation changer. As we improve to degree 1, well being care providers might be expanded and given on the proper time. We are able to now additionally transfer ahead towards changing into a financially steady hospital,” stated Dargantes.
The Mandaue Metropolis Authorities and DOH launched the Well being Care Supplier Community (HCPN) in August, making Mandaue the primary extremely urbanized metropolis in Central Visayas to combine the HCPN.
HCPN refers to a bunch of major to tertiary care suppliers, whether or not public or non-public, providing people-centered and complete care in an built-in and coordinated method, enhancing the navigation and referral system for sufferers. It goals to strengthen the implementation of the Common Well being Care Act to make sure that Filipinos have speedy entry to complete well being providers, together with medical, dental, psychological, and emergency care.
Regardless of the town hospital being at an infirmary degree, its income elevated to P19 million as of Oct. 17, 76.9 p.c of which comes from the paying inhabitants. This provides to the hospital fund of P70 million, stated Dargantes.
Dargantes additionally talked about that by ordinance, the town hospital is an financial enterprise, however they’ve utilized for help in order that indigent Mandauehanons now not have to pay by packages resembling PhilHealth and the Medical Help for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Sufferers.
The town hospital is presently making use of to the Division of Well being to grow to be a degree 1 facility and finally improve to degree 2.
A degree 1 hospital can cater to sufferers who want minor care and supervision and doesn’t require an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), whereas a degree 2 hospital is supplied with an ICU for critically ailing sufferers and specialist medical doctors for gynecology and pediatric providers.
Dargantes defined that the town hospital was beforehand a degree 2 hospital however was downgraded in the course of the renovation, which aimed for larger rooms. Development was delayed due to the pandemic and Storm Odette.
Dargantes stated that from 25 beds, they plan to extend the mattress capability to 200. The hospital presently has 130 personnel, 15 of whom are medical doctors.
The occasion was additionally attended by dismissed Mandaue Metropolis Mayor Jonas Cortes as a particular visitor.
“Para nako, this can be a reflection of our collective dedication to uplift one another and to be sure that when essentially the most weak amongst us nanginahanglan og tabang, adunay tabang nga ikahatag with compassion and dignity,” stated Cortes.
Cortes additionally thanked the workers of the town hospital.
The ribbon-cutting was additionally attended by provincial board member Glenn Soco, Committee on Well being Chairperson Councilor Cynthia Cinco-Remedio, former metropolis treasurer Atty. Regal Oliva, and different officers.
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