Old hospital no longer conducive to patients

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BACOLOD City – San Carlos City is poised to open its P180-million new city hospital.

This 225-bed hospital sits on a 1.9-hectare lot in Barangay Palampas, approximately 700 meters from the city hall.

Dr. Archilles Ponferrada, chief of hospital, said the old city hospital was no longer conducive to patients. Clients are mostly accommodated in alleys and hallways for lack of rooms.

The old hospital is a 50-bed facility but presently accommodates over 200 patients.

“Operation in the new hospital will start immediately after the electricity and other essential installations will be finished before 2016 ends. We also plan to bring in additional services for ultrasound, Computed Tomography or CT Scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),” Ponferrada said.

The hospital’s patients not only come from San Carlos City but also from nearby localities including the municipalities of Calatrava, Toboso, Vallehermoso and the cities of Canlaon, Escalante and Guihulngan.

The new facility needs the services of 27 doctors including specialists and surgeons. Currently it has 22 doctors. Additional physicians and nurses will be taken in next year.

The first three phases of said building will be opened while the next two stages of construction are still ongoing.

Architect Hans Christian Dela Victoria of the City Engineering Department said Phase I of the building consists of the administrative office, doctors’ offices, out-patient department, clinical laboratories, blood bank, pharmacy and emergency rooms.

Phase II covers two operating rooms (major and minor), delivery room, nursery, central sterile supply room, and three OB wards.

The ground floor of the two-storey Phase III covers two surgical wards, intensive care unit, medical ward, pediatric ward, two isolation wards, eight isolation rooms and an eye center. The second floor with elevator consists of four general wards and 12 semi-private rooms.

In between phases 1 and 2 buildings, the TB Dots, gender sensitivity clinic and HIV clinic can be located.

The two-storey Phase 4 of construction will cover the canteen, staff dining and general kitchen and hemo-dialysis center. The second floor will have the 12 private rooms and two wards.

Dela Victoria said Phase 5 will cover the generator room, laundry department, oxygen manifold room, storage area and central water tank and morgue at a separate area but within the vicinity. (PIA-Negros Occidental/PN)
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