Public hospital in Davao gets P184M financial support from Pagcor
AS the country joins the whole world in recognizing the important role of women in society this Women’s Month, the Southern Philippines Medical Center ( SPMC) unveiled one of its best gifts for its bed hospital which will cater to women and newborns’ sensitive health conditions.
The new building, which started construction in January 2017 and completed in February 2018, will house the hospital’s Institute for Women and Newborn Health ( IWNH). With the new medical facility, women and children patients from Davao Region and other neigh- boring areas can now enjoy quality healthcare with modern treatment facilities that are comparable to private hospitals.
While the construction of the new hospital building was funded by the government and by SPMC’s revenues, majority of IWNH’s medical equipment were purchased using the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s ( Pagcor’s) P184 million contributions to the President’s Social Fund ( PSF).
Among the medical equipment purchased through Pagcor’s PSF contributions were 92 pediatric beds and 40 neonatal bassinets ( P28.68 million); 234 manual hospital beds and three birthing beds ( P38.17 million); 12 delivery room tables with crib ( P7.98 million); ten incubators for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, ten infant resuscitators with suction and bag mask, and 25 phototherapy ( P24.50 million); one diagnostic set ( P4.90 million); ultrasound package with and without 4D ( P17.90 mil - lion); infusion therapy equipment ( P23.28 million) and a centralized generator set ( P35 million).