Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center

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Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center
Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Norte
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Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center
Geography
LocationNational Highway, Sicayab, Dipolog, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines
Coordinates 8°36′17″N123°20′55″E / 8.60478°N 123.34860°E / 8.60478; 123.34860
Organization
Care system Public, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) accredited
Type Tertiary
Services
StandardsPhilippine Department of Health
Beds300
History
OpenedSeptember 17, 2007;17 years ago (2007-09-17)

The Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center is a tertiary hospital located in Barangay Sicayab, Dipolog, Philippines. The center has an area of 3 hectares and consist of 3 stories and has a 300(?) bed-capacity. It also houses different private clinics of known physicians in the province with specialties in dermatology, ophthalmology, dentistry, urology, and gynecology.

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History

Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center opened in 2007 under the administration of Governor Rolando E. Yebes. [1] [2]

On July 29, 2015, hundreds of children in the area were brought to ZNMC (with some transferred to Corazon C. Aquino Hospital which was operating softly from its recent opening) after taking deworming pills provided by the Department of Health. [3] [4]

In October 2020, some facilities of ZNMC were closed after three of its employees were tested positive for COVID-19. [5]

Malasakit Center

On March 11, 2019, Malasakit Center Dipolog was opened in ZNMC. [6] This move, together with Malasakit Center Dapitan in Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial Hospital in Dapitan which opened on the same day, makes Zamboanga del Norte the first and only province with two Malasakit Centers in the Philippines. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "The New ZN Medical Center". Old Website of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "2007 State of the Province Address (SOPA)". Old Website of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Uy, Jocelyn R. (29 July 2015). "DOH chief: Deworming pills given to Zamboanga del Norte students not expired". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Alipala, Julie S. (30 July 2015). "Remedy worsened kids' stomach ache after deworming—DOH". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Diestro, Dynah (10 October 2020). "Ilang bahagi ng Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center isinara". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Malasakit Center, now in Dipolog City". Radio Philippines Network. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "BACK TO BACK MALASAKIT CENTERS". Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (Facebook Page). 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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