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2nd St. Luke’s hospital topped off
Posted on July 15, 2008
St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) topped off its P9.5-billion hospital construction project in Global City, Taguig yesterday.
The construction of the 14-story hospital within a 1.6-hectare lot started in March last year led by real-estate developer Fort Bonifacio Development Corp. and engineering and construction company, First Balfour Inc.
“Our second St. Luke’s hospital will continue to be better-equipped than 95 percent of the hospitals in the United States as we aim to provide our clients the best facilities and medical treatment possible,” Jose Ledesma, SLMC’s president and CEO told the BusinessMirror in an interview.
When completed, the hospital will provide employment to 2,000 medical professionals and 700 physicians. “We will start hiring employees, mostly nurses, this August.” Ledesma said. Full operations are expected to start in July 2009.
Based on its structural plan, the hospital will have 600 beds and will have a medical arts building with offices for doctors, as well as parking space that can accommodate up to 1,400 vehicles and a helipad that can hold even a UH-1H large-sized helicopter.
“It is almost done, only finishing touches are necessary for its completion,” said Ledesma.
The hospital expects to serve patients not only from Metro Manila but also from other provinces as well as foreign patrons coming from Asia, Micronesia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
In an earlier interview, St. Luke’s chief medical officer, Joven Cuanang, vowed to adhere to the same standards and quality of services as in the first St. Luke’s hospital while adding more advanced facilities for future patients.
“We will have the first PET [positron emission tomography, which uses radioactive material to treat body abnormalities in tiny specs] scanning machine in the Philippines and [which is currently] only available in Singapore and Hong Kong hospitals,” said Cuanang.
With P5 billion revenues last year turned in by SLMC in Quezon City, Ledesma is optimistic the new SLMC in Taguig will post the same growth as he pointed out plans to increase SLMC’s operations.
“Having a total of 1, 200 patient beds will keep us growing. Yet we’re still planning to buy and create more hospitals to provide people more health access points,” he said, although he did not disclose details of the hospitals their company are planning to purchase.
The country’s premier hospital aims to be one of the top five hospitals in Asia by 2010.
Article source: Business Mirror
by: Louise M. Francisco
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