Cebu City Medical Center

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Cebu City Medical Center
Cebu City Medical Center
Geography
Location Bureau of Fire Protection Region 7 complex, Cebu City, Philippines
Coordinates 10°17′52″N123°53′34″E / 10.29785°N 123.89285°E / 10.29785; 123.89285 Coordinates: 10°17′52″N123°53′34″E / 10.29785°N 123.89285°E / 10.29785; 123.89285
Services
Emergency department Yes [1]
Beds108
Demolished2014 (old building)

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.

History

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Cantalejo, Linette Ramos (October 12, 2014). "When in CCMC, 'please be patient'". Sun Star. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "CCMC contractor promises to finish 3 floors in 3 months". Sun Star Cebu. July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Demecillo, Jean Marvette (August 14, 2019). "CH to hasten CCMC construction". The Freeman (in English and Cebuano). The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Cerejano, Philip (June 26, 2019). "Cebu City Medical Center opening moved to 2020". Sun Star Cebu. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Cordova, Calvin (December 29, 2020). "New Cebu City Medical Center rises". Manila Bulletin . Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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  8. ↑ Malinao, Mary Ruth (December 30, 2020). "Occupancy permit in the works for new Cebu City Medical Center". The Freeman . Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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