Metro @ Cinco: Healthier families just get better
Finding out that there is no available hospitable room when your loved one needs to be urgently confined in a hospital is an absolute nightmare for any parent.
In 2010, Davao City was hit by a dengue epidemic which caused a serious shortage of hospital beds. I’ve personally known of some families who let their kids stay in their homes while being monitored by a doctor or nurse as because hospitals could no longer accommodate them during that crucial period.
It was also around this time that a group of health professionals and investors saw the need to meet Davao’s growing demands in quality health care. Thus, in 2012, the Metro Davao Medical and Research Center, Inc. (MDMRCI) or more popularly known in Davao as Metro Hospital, opened its outpatient clinic and services to the public. These included the Laboratory, Diagnostic Radiology Imaging Center, Cardiovascular and Neurology Unit, and Pharmacy.
In 2013, Metro began operating its eight-story modern hospital. It offered a comprehensive range of medical and paramedical services aside from being a clinical research center.
Family-friendly hospital
Five years later, Metro has become one of Davao’s most reliable family-friendly hospitals with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. It is likewise the home of competent doctors and staff, not to mention its with an accessible location andthat offers convenient parking area.
The 135-bed Metro Hospital is Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Phil Health) accredited, and boasts of “bigger rooms and wider beds”, and it also has no surcharge.
Metro Hospital has a naturally-ventilated building which is good news for patients and hospital visitors (especially the elderly and younger children) as this kind of ventilation lessens the risk of infection due to sun and air flow. In addition, special units are maintained by positive and negative air pressure ventilation.
Advocating healthy lifestyle
“Metro Hospital refers to its outpatient building as ‘Health Science and Wellness Center,’ mainly because they want the hospital and medical center to be an advocate of healthy living, apart from providing treatment to the sick”, says Metro Hospital Chief of Clinics Dr. Jett Lu.
“What makes the facility different from others is that it provides proper guidance to people to help them attain a healthy lifestyle. The center prides itself with doctors specializing in aesthetic and anti-aging medicine, hair and scalp diseases–hair transplant and restoration, gynecologic oncology, sleep medicine, hematology, and other specialties of different clinical departments”, he elaborates.
“There is a total of 109 clinics covering majority of the subspecialties. Included in this center are a spa, diabetes center, weight management, hearing center, reading, occupational and developmental therapy, dialysis center, and rehabilitation center”, adds Dr. Lu.
Health care with a heart
Committed to provide excellent health care services to its patients, the dedicated people behind Metro Hospital proudly assure that they offer “Health Care with a Heart”.
“The Diabetes Ambulatory Care and Wellness Center does not just give treatment to people with diabetes. They also have counseling to the families and relatives of the patient for them to fully understand the situation and bearings of the patient”, details Dr. Lu.
In addition, Metro Hospital’s Cancer Center is one of the hospital’s premier centers. “We know having cancer treatment is expensive. A day-stay at the Cancer Center is thus provided in Metro, where patients need not be admitted to undergo chemotherapy, transfusions and infusions”, cites Dr. Lu.
“Highly skilled and compassionate staff man each cubicle of the unit to provide all the special needs of cancer patients from diagnostic, therapeutic, counseling and support as we win them back to health in a sterile and friendly environment. All our adult and pediatric oncologists, hematologists and immunologists have been trained overseas”, Dr. Lu shares.
Metro Hosptital’s other facilities and services include Rehabilitation Services, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging Center, Eye Care Health Center, and Research Center.
Metro at Cinco
Metro Hospital recently commemorated its 5th anniversary celebration with the theme, “Metro @ Cinco, High Five! Healthier Families Just Got Better”, at the Davao Convention and Trade Center.
The affair was an unforgettable gathering of Metro Hospital’s doctors, medical staff and personnel to celebrate the institution’s continued success for the past five years. Doctors Lara Torno, Jessie Orcasitas and Mae Gallardo acted as the evening’s engaging hosts.
Instead of inviting a highprofile personality to deliver the Guest Speaker address, Alex Bacus, one of the hospital’s first security employees was bestowed this prestigious honor. Another pioneering ER nurse Zyril John Navaja extended his well wishes to the crowd.
Medical Director Dr. Yvette Yenco-Tan and Hospital Administrator Dr. Linell Malimbag likewise delivered their respective messages during the joyful occasion.
The hospital’s “Topnotcher Physicians” were given special recognition and cash gifts by Metro Hospital Board of Director Geoffrey Yenco as well.
A big high five to Metro Hospital for giving Dabawenyo families quality health care for the past five years!
We share photos of this happy milestone by Ariel Yanong Jr. of Blank Pixels.