The Medical City

The Medical City
Geography
Location	Pasig (previously Mandaluyong), Metro Manila, Philippines
Organisation
Care system	Private
Hospital type	Teaching, General
Services
Emergency department	Yes
History
Founded	1967
Links
Website	www.themedicalcity.com

The Medical City (otherwise known by its acronym as TMC) is a tertiary care hospital in the Philippines where its health care complex serves some 40,000 in-patients and 400,000 out-patients annually. TMC has a medical staff of over 1,000 physicians complemented by 2,200 workers engaged in allied medical, administrative and support services.^[1]

Facilities

The hospital's main facility is located on a 1.5-hectare property along Ortigas Avenue, almost within the business district of Ortigas Center in Pasig City, Metro Manila. Composed of 115,000 square meters of floor space, it includes two Nursing Towers which can be fitted for up to 800 beds. The two towers are joined by a Podium, bridgeways, and a Medical Arts Tower. The 18 floors of the Medical Arts Tower house 280 doctors' clinics and select commercial spaces, while located within the six-floor Podium are diagnostic and intervention facilities as well as support and administrative offices.

The hospital also has a three-level basement parking accommodation for over a thousand vehicles. The complex is also equipped with a broad range of security features, an advanced building management system, and biosafety features incorporated into sensitive patient areas.^[2]

TMC also serves as the hub for a network of satellite clinics and hospitals that delivers a range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients in Manila and select provinces.^[3]

Centers of Excellence

Wellness and Aesthetics, Cardiovascular, Cancer and Regenerative Medicine.^[4]

Cancer Center

Cardiovascular Center

The Cardiovascular Program offers care, encompassing non-invasive diagnostics, minimally-invasive interventional services, open heart surgery, and cardiac rehabilitation.^[5]

Regenerative Medicine

The Regenerative Medicine Program employs advanced technologies in the engineering of stem cells and other biomaterials for the purpose of preserving, restoring, or enhancing organ function.^[6]

Wellness Center

Notes

1. http://www.themedicalcity.com/about_us/
2. http://www.themedicalcity.com/about_us/view/corporate-profile
3. http://www.themedicalcity.com/networks/
4. http://www.themedicalcity.com/services/
5. http://www.themedicalcity.com/services/centers_of_excellence/cardiovascular-center
6. http://www.themedicalcity.com/services/centers_of_excellence/regenerative-medicine

References

• University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001). The Center for Patient Partnership. Retrieved October 5, 2010 from http://www.patientpartnerships.org/history.php
• Lombard Investments, Inc. (2010, July 6). Lombard Backs The Medical City's Philippines Expansion. Retrieved October 5, 2010, from http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lombard-backs-the-medical-citys-philippines-expansion-97886814.html
• Floresca R. (2010, April 29). The Medical City undertakes aggressive expansion binge, The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 5, 2010, from http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/node/96876
• Nortel. (2010). The Medical City, Manila. Retrieved October 5, 2010, from http://www2.nortel.com/go/news_detail.jsp?cat_id=-9252&oid=100203350&locale=en-us
• Villalon K. (2010, April 19). The Medical City acquires GSIH, The News Today. Retrieved October 5, 2010 from http://www.thenewstoday.info/2010/04/19/the.medical.city.acquires.gsih.html
• Valisno J. O. (2009, September 26). Hospital highlights importance of patient-doctor dialogue, Vol XXXIII, No. 45, BusinessWorld weekender. Retrieved October 5, 2010 from, http://www.bworldonline.com/Weekender092509/main.php?id=health2
• Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust (2005). Patient Partnership and Public Involvement Strategy and Action plan. Retrieved October 5, 2010 from http://www.oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk/getinvolved/get_involved_docs/pp%20strategy%2005.pdf

External links

• The Medical City