PALAYAN CITY—A P100-million, 80-bed brand-new hospital that will cater to the health and medical needs of indigent patients will rise in this city through the Public Private Partnership scheme.
Mayor Adrianne Mae Cuevas said the three-level building will be constructed in Barangay Caimito.
Cuevas said the city government here has partnered with the Department of Health for the design of the building through architect Rebecca Penafiel.
The hospital cost, she said, also includes funding for its operation and maintenance.
Since the facility will be under the PPP scheme, Cuevas said she will undergo a training seminar on how to operate and manage the hospital under the PPP setup.
The city currently has an emergency hospital in Caimito. However, the facility actually serves as a lying-in clinic with a three bed-emergency room and is not enough to meet the growing demands for medical services of local residents.
In 2013, the city government bared plans to build a hospital at the Palayan City Information Technology center which used to house the old city hall.
The city government is working with the DoH in fine-tuning the former’s city investment plan on health for the purpose of helping improve health services to the city.