The Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) is a hospital in Cebu City. It currently operates inside the Bureau of Fire Protection's Region 7 compound after the hospital's previous building was significantly damaged due to the 2013 Central Visayas earthquake.
| Cebu City Medical Center | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bureau of Fire Protection Region 7 complex, Cebu City, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 10°17′52″N 123°53′34″E / 10.29785°N 123.89285°E |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes[1] |
| Beds | 108 |
| Demolished | 2014 (old building) |
History edit
The Cebu City Medical Center used to be hosted in a four-storey building and had a capacity of 300 beds which was declared structurally unfit and demolished after sustaining heavy damage due to an earthquake on October 15, 2013.[2]
Under the administration of then Mayor Michael Rama,[3] the building was demolished in February 2014. In June 2015, the construction of a new hospital building was approved by the Cebu City government. C.E. Padilla Construction was the contractor awarded to complete the first and second phase of the hospital building project.[4]
Operations temporarily moved to the Bureau of Fire Protection's (BFP) Region 7 compound with the parking lot, main building, and gymnasium refurbished as patient wards and other hospital facilities. The bed capacity of the hospital was reduced to 108 beds.[2]
Construction was put on hold in 2016 after Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña halted works on the hospital building due to issues with its building permit.[5] The hospital was still unfinished by the end of Osmeña's term in 2019. His successor, Edgardo Labella pledged to complete the hospital under his term.[3]
The completion of the new hospital building, initially set to be operational in 2016 has been postponed several times.[2] By August 2019, the structural framework of the building's seven floors were already in place[4] and the first two floors already had rooms.[5]
On December 28, 2020, the first three floors of the new hospital building were partially opened by Labella, Rama and other city government officials in a ribbon-cutting and opening ceremony.[6] Its outpatient department was expected to start accepting patients on December 29, 2020[7] but was delayed since its partial occupancy permit was still being processed through the Office of the Building Official (OBO) according to Floro Casas Jr., the city administrator.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Some Cebu hospitals running at 'overcapacity' as COVID-19 spikes: expert". ABS-CBN News. June 26, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c Cantalejo, Linette Ramos (October 12, 2014). "When in CCMC, 'please be patient'". Sun Star. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "CCMC contractor promises to finish 3 floors in 3 months". Sun Star Cebu. July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ a b Demecillo, Jean Marvette (August 14, 2019). "CH to hasten CCMC construction". The Freeman (in English and Cebuano). The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ a b Cerejano, Philip (June 26, 2019). "Cebu City Medical Center opening moved to 2020". Sun Star Cebu. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ Cordova, Calvin (December 29, 2020). "New Cebu City Medical Center rises". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Librea, Jerra Mae (December 29, 2020). "New CCMC partially opens". SunStar Cebu. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Malinao, Mary Ruth (December 30, 2020). "Occupancy permit in the works for new Cebu City Medical Center". The Freeman. Retrieved December 30, 2020.