Somoso General Hospital

SOMOSO General Hospital
SOMOSO General Hospital
Geography
Location	Quezon Blvd., Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Coordinates	7°18′16″N125°41′04″E / 7.30448°N 125.68452°E
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Level 2 Secondary Facility
Affiliated university	NDC School of Nursing, University of San Carlos
Services
Standards	Philippine Department of Health
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	50 - 100
History
Opened	1975 by Dr. Cesar U. Somoso & Dr. Anita B. Somoso
Links
Website	hospital.somosogroup.com

Last updated September 04, 2024

SOMOSO General Hospital is a privately owned, level 2 Secondary facility and multi-specialty hospital located in Panabo City, the Philippines. It was founded in 1975 as Clinica Somoso by doctors Caesar and Anita Somoso and grew from a family clinic into the first established hospital in Panabo City.

History

In summer 1975, Doctors Caesar and Anita Somoso, a married couple, first established a 10-bed family clinic in a rented apartment. At the start the facility offered basic laboratory services (X-ray, blood examination, urinalysis, fecalysis) and primary health care. Six months after the establishment of Clinica Somoso, Philippines Social Security System recognized and accredited the clinic with Medicare privileges. This made Clinica Somoso the first lying-in hospital in Panabo community.^{[ citation needed ]}

After one year of operation, Clinica Somoso increased its bed capacity to 25 because of high demands of medical services in the community and people recognized that they need not to go to Davao City or Tagum, Davao del Norte for their health needs and or confinements knowing they can be diagnosed and treated well in Clinica Somoso.

Two years after the 25 bed capacity was approved, Clinica Somoso applied for a secondary level licensure which was again approved by Department of Health / Medicare so again, the Clinica Somoso became the first secondary hospital in Panabo, Davao del Norte.^[2]

SOMOSO General Hospital

The name Clinica Somoso was changed to Somoso General Hospital on 1977. Gradually, but not progressively Somoso General Hospital under the new name continued to improve their hospital and decided to build their own facility. From across-were their old clinic was established, a 3-storey building was built. Later then Somoso General Hospital have increased to a 50-bed capacity hospital.

Hospital departments

Accreditation

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Phil-Health)
AA International (AAI) ^[3]
Department of Health (Philippines) ^[4]
United Health Care ^[5]
Intellicare ^[6]
icare ^[7]

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References

↑ University of San Carlos, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) .
↑ Somoso General Hospital History, "Somoso General Hospital". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11. .
↑ AA International, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) / .
↑ Philippine Department of Health website, "Caraga Regional Hospital - Home". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-07. .
↑ United Health Care Philippines, http://unitedhealthcare.com.ph/somoso-general-hospital/ .
↑ Intellicare, http://www.docstoc.com/docs/140845466/Intellicare---ACCREDITED-HOSPITALS-as-of-Sep-2010
↑ Icare, http://unitedhealthcare.com.ph/somoso-general-hospital/

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[1] University of San Carlos, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) .

[2] Somoso General Hospital History, "Somoso General Hospital". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11. .

[3] AA International, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) / .

[4] Philippine Department of Health website, "Caraga Regional Hospital - Home". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-07. .

[5] United Health Care Philippines, http://unitedhealthcare.com.ph/somoso-general-hospital/ .

[6] Intellicare, http://www.docstoc.com/docs/140845466/Intellicare---ACCREDITED-HOSPITALS-as-of-Sep-2010

[7] Icare, http://unitedhealthcare.com.ph/somoso-general-hospital/

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