Here's another addition to Davao's new development focusing on health and wellness with modern facility ....


Davao bizmen putting up P300-M medical research center

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 11 (PNA) -- A group of Filipino-Chinese businessmen here is opening up a medical center after seeing the lack of hospital beds at the height of dengue outbreak in the city recently.

Metro Davao Medical and Research Center (MDMR) medical director doctor Yvette Yenco-Tan said the group of businessmen here just want to offer health care facilities and good medical service to the people of Davao with a starting capital expenditure of P300 million.

She said MDMR would be fully operational before the year ends. A soft opening of the hospital’s ancillary services will be held on Sept. 16.

Although she did not name all the owners, Tan said Sammy Uy, president of Limso Medical Center here, was one of the owners and when they (owners) bought the old Cuison Hotel, their intention was to put up a business that would support the people of Davao on the health aspect.

She said they wanted to complement with the other hospitals operating here and in fact, the MDMR is just one block away from the government-owned Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC).

Aside from operating as a hospital, Tan said the center would also house doctors’ clinics where 161 physicians would open their respective clinics to the public next week with varied specialization from pediatrics, EENT (ear, eye, nose and throat), dermatology, general medicine, internist, obstetrics and gynecology and others field.

She said they were looking at operating it as medical service and wellness center even as she said it would also offer all care physical therapy and wellness rehab services.

The MDMR, she said, would have a clinical research component that cater on chronic illnesses. It is designed with modern architecture sporting vibrant colors to make the environment alive.

There will also be several food kiosks just like what can be seen in malls, she said. (PNA) 

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