Hospitals in Metro Manila

[Aragon]

Originally Posted by thomasian

...probably why Med City's logo is now blue and also all the signages outside are backlit blue.

Anyway, a news article from BusinessWorld courtesy of Yehey! Finance.

http://www.yehey.com/finance/level3.aspx?id=59340&p=1

Ateneo to put up medical school in partnership with Medical City
BusinessWorld
9/16/2005 12:54:03 PM
Jennee Grace U. Rubrico

The Ateneo de Manila University is set to put up a medical school on a property beside the Medical City, an official of the hospital yesterday said.

Medical City president, Alfredo RA Bengzon, said Ateneo will be partnering with the hospital to establish the school.

The school, he said, will be called the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health.

"The school will produce doctors who are trained not only to assume responsibility of individual health but also the health of the population... We like to say the school will produce the doctors of the future," he said.

The Medical City will be the teaching hospital for the Ateneo medical school, Mr. Bengzon said. The land on which the school will stand was donated by the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), he added.
Mr. Bengzon said the hospital chose to partner with Ateneo because "we share the same philosophy about health as an important platform for attacking poverty."

The school will initially have 75 students, he said. This will be increased to 500 later.

Groundbreaking for the project will be by yearend. Construction is likely to start next year.

Officials of the Ateneo could not be reached for comment.

Mr. Bengzon revealed the plan to put up a medical school in a press conference for the upgrading of Medical City's information technology systems.

During the press conference, Medical City officials said the hospital had allocated P35 million for the upgrade.

The hospital had partnered with Nortel, through its local distributor Trends & Technologies, Inc. for the network.

With the upgrade, Medical City now has a fully integrated hospital information system, an online analytical processing system, a fully automated radiological imaging system which allows radiologists to enlarge and get more than one view of x-rays in a single exposure, among others.

Also in the offing are a system that would allow for computer-assisted decisions based on clinical practice guidelines; one that would allow for strategic business decision making based on real time information; digital patient charts to replace clip charts; and television-based information and education materials for patients.

Mr. Bengzon said research is an integral part of the hospital's operations.

The Medical City is a private tertiary care hospital that offers diagnostic and treatment services that address a broad range of diseases, using state-of-the-art technology.

The hospital, which moved to a 1.5-hectare property given by the Lopez-led utility (Meralco), currently has 500 beds and a patient occupancy rate of 80% to 90%.

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What's with all those "donated" and "given" lands? Are they really donated? Why? The Lopezes could have made money by selling those lots.
If I'm not mistaken they (Meralco), are also saying that the Ateneo Professional School in Rockwell stands on land that they donated.

Lopez has donated lots of land to ateneo....they should at least name one school in honor of the lopezes

[Aragon]

Originally Posted by Louman

On the highway connecting Manila and Tagaytay/Batangas, I saw a billboard that said St. Luke's Hospital was better than 95% of the hospitals in America. Is this a fact or are they just trying to make money by fooling people?

this is true cause I think St Luke's has a diagnostic equipment that is only presnt in 5% of US hospital so de facto St Luke's is better than 95% of US hospitals

[harvy_827]

Originally Posted by thomasian

Ateneo Professional School in Rockwell is Mañosa designed if I'm not mistaken.
How about this one? It would be good if it was also Mañosa designed because Medical City was designed by Mañosa but the owners had the design changed for some reason. It would have been better if we had two Mañosa masterpieces side-by-side.

The original design for the Medical City, a Mañosa masterpiece:

Hmmm... If I'm not mistaken the Med School this time was designed by Archion Architects. I'm not quite familiar with architecture firms e. I'll try to get a copy of the rendering then post it here, maybe in two weeks time. Promise.

[harvy_827]

Originally Posted by thomasian

What's with all those "donated" and "given" lands? Are they really donated? Why? The Lopezes could have made money by selling those lots.
If I'm not mistaken they (Meralco), are also saying that the Ateneo Professional School in Rockwell stands on land that they donated.

Most of the Lopezes are Ateneo-educated. It's been a practice of alumni in the US to donate to their alma mater. Maybe because many of the Lopezes pursued education in the US, they also now have this practice of donating to Ateneo. The lot of the Ateneo Professional Schools in Rockwell was donated (meaning, really donated) by the Lopezes, in the same manner that they donated the lot for the Med School. Manny Pangilinan, Ateneo alumnus who got his MBA from Wharton, just recently also donated P200 million for the construction of the Med School building through the Salim family of First Pacific (I think he was able to convince the Salims to donate, so donation really comes from the Salims and not from him).

Medical City, on the other hand, is owned by Benpres Holdings of the Lopezes. So the lot for the hospital, technically, was not a donation from Meralco but is really owned by the Lopezes from the very start.

Like what I promised, I'll be posting the rendering soon. Please wait for it.

[thomasian]

Thanks. I'll be waiting for that. Is it also designed by Mañosa?

[thomasian]

Poor Makati Med Ctr.

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Makati Med Borrowing to Settle Part of Debts
Business World - 9/6/05

The Makati Medical Center is looking at borrowing
to pay a portion of its P1.2-billion
loan. The borrowing is on top of the hospital’s
option to get fresh funds from investors
to service debts. The hospital is asking
creditors to restructure its P1.2-billion loan,
for which it is only currently paying the interest.
It earlier said it is in talks with investors
for the infusion of at least P100 million.
Meanwhile, the hospital is set to talk with
creditor banks this week to discuss whether
they would be willing to restructure the
hospital’s debts. The hospital tapped the
Development Bank of the Philippines to be
its adviser in restructuring its loans. The bank
has a P350-million exposure in the hospital.
Other creditors include Rizal Commercial
Banking Corp., Insular Savings, the Social
Security System and DEG of Germany, which
has an exposure of an equivalent of P300
million in euros.

[mysaong03]

what happened to their talks w/ MP?

[Aragon]

Originally Posted by harvy_827

Most of the Lopezes are Ateneo-educated. It's been a practice of alumni in the US to donate to their alma mater. Maybe because many of the Lopezes pursued education in the US, they also now have this practice of donating to Ateneo. The lot of the Ateneo Professional Schools in Rockwell was donated (meaning, really donated) by the Lopezes, in the same manner that they donated the lot for the Med School. Manny Pangilinan, Ateneo alumnus who got his MBA from Wharton, just recently also donated P200 million for the construction of the Med School building through the Salim family of First Pacific (I think he was able to convince the Salims to donate, so donation really comes from the Salims and not from him).

Medical City, on the other hand, is owned by Benpres Holdings of the Lopezes. So the lot for the hospital, technically, was not a donation from Meralco but is really owned by the Lopezes from the very start.

Like what I promised, I'll be posting the rendering soon. Please wait for it.

if this practice of alumni donating to their alma mater continues....i'm afraid only ateneo and la salle will get a good end of the system.....in the end, rich school gets richer....poor school gets more pathetic....

[thomasian]

You're right.

The Yuchengcos donated a building (named after them) to La Salle Taft.
Who else?

[thomasian]

Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan City:

Under renovation. Upper floors being the first to be renovated and cladded.

11.21.05

[pau_p1]

when I was in BGC.. I noticed that the St. Luke's Medical Center there now has a very deep ditch... hmm.. anyone have a rendering of it?

[LhexiMont]

So far among the built hospitals old and new ..alin ba ang pinakabeautiful and prestigious ?

[thomasian]

We already have renderings of St Luke's BGC scattered in diff. threads. Maybe there's one in this thread. Try going back several pages.

The most beautiful one for me is the new Medical City. The best, para kang nag-hotel.

[pau_p1]

heheeh... nakita ko to sa site ng BGC.... looks very beautiful indeed...

[ryanr]

Great! Nice to hear that they have started in St. Luke's construction. That hospital is very nice, very high tech.

[ishtefh_03]

Originally Posted by harvy_827

Hmmm... If I'm not mistaken the Med School this time was designed by Archion Architects. I'm not quite familiar with architecture firms e. I'll try to get a copy of the rendering then post it here, maybe in two weeks time. Promise.

i have this one prof. and he is the head of the "archion"... and i think that they always partner with the manosa kase ung medical city pati ung mga sa ateneo, consultant sila dun... the lobby of the medical city was design by my professor.. well, if the archion will be the one, i think it will be good coz' my professor is good when it comes to hospital planning and campus planning, so parang combination sya, kaya med school, dun sya expert. my student nga sya na 5th yr na nag thethesis na ayaw nya ung idea nun tapos ang pinagawa na lng sa kanya med school.

[ishtefh_03]

asian hospital...

[kiretoce]

Bump!

[ryanr]

nice bump. (dont get any thoughts now)

Any progress on St. Luke's BGC?

[kiretoce]

Too late....I already did!