Medical Center Manila

Medical Center Manila, one of Manila's many hospitals, is located in the center of Manila. Its address is: 1125 Gen. Luna St., Ermita, Manila 1000. It is owned by Hospital Management Services, Inc.^[1]

History

Medical Center Manila was founded in 1967 by a group of physicians headed by Dr. Paulo C. Campos. After being built, the hospital opened August 15, 1967. It had 176 beds for adults and children and twenty-four bassinets for newborns in the nursery. Around 2009 the hospital was renovated to such an extent that it was hardly recognizable. It became a very modern facility and was expanded to a capacity of 250 beds.^[2]

Services

Medical Center Manila is listed in the book Lonely Planet: Philippines as one of three Manila hospitals foreign tourists should consider if they have a medical emergency. One of the other ones, Manila Doctors Hospital, is just blocks away. These two hospitals are near the Ermita area, popular with tourists, and Rizal Park and adjoining Manila Ocean Park.^[3]

Today all rooms for adults and patient wards are air conditioned. Rooms range from very fancy rooms with many amenities, to private rooms and then semi-private rooms. The lowest level of beds are on open patient wards. All beds, even on wards, have a toilet and access to a bath with a shower. In addition, the hospital has a Neonatal Unit.

Medical Center Manila has a variety of services. These include (for inpatients and outpatients) an emergency department, a surgical complex, an imaging department, a cardiovascular lab and a breast care center. Other services cater to mainly outpatients. These include rehabilitative medicine, family medicine, dentistry services and obstetric and gynecology services. The hospital also has a midwife service.^[4]

References

1. ^ City of Manila website, http://www.manila.gov.ph/manilahospitals.htm ; Hospital Management Services website, http://www.medicalcentermanila.com.ph/ .
2. ^ Hospital Management Services website.
3. ^ Greg Bloom, Michael Grosberg, Virginia Jealous and Piers Kelly, Lonely Planet: Philippines"" (Footscray, Australia: Lonely Planet, May 2009), 10th ed., pp. 75, 84.
4. ^ Hospital Management Services website.