The St. Luke's Medical Center - Global City is a hospital at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the sister facility of the hospital of the same name in Quezon City.
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History
The hospital at the Bonifaco Global City is an offshoot of the hospital of the same name in Quezon City which was established in 1903. In January 16, 2010 the hospital was inaugurated by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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Architecture and design
The hospital was designed by architecture firm RR Payumo and Associates and the construction costed around ?9 billion. Makati Development Corporation was involved in the construction of the hospital.
Upon its inauguration the health facility hosts a 14-storey nursing tower with a capacity of 600 beds, a helipad and a podium, along with a 11-storey medical arts building which can house clinics for 374 doctors and a ground floor with lobbies described as "hotel-like", and a multi-level parking with at least 1,000 parking slots. The hospital's gross floor area is about 154,000 square meters (1,660,000 sq ft).
Facilities
The hospital hosts 10 institutes dedicated to cancer, digestive and liver diseases, eyes, neurosciences, orthopedics and sports medicine, pathology, pediatrics and child care, pulmonary medicines, and radiology. It also has 18 operating rooms, five delivery rooms, imaging suites, ancillary outpatient services, critical care units, catheterization laboratory, OB-gynecology complex and post anesthetic care units. The state-of-the-art center in Global City houses 10 institutes for the heart, cancer, neurosciences, digestive and liver diseases, eyes, orthopedics and sports medicine, pathology, pediatrics and child care, pulmonary medicines and radiology.
Reception
United States based magazine, Healthcare Management News and Insights, list St. Lukes Medical Center - Global City as part of its "World's Most Beautiful Hospitals" on its March 2012 issue where the hospital was ranked 11th out of the 25 listed. The hospitals were rated by the magazine's editors according to their interior and exterior features, as well as their "health-promoting" features. St. Lukes was only one of the three Asian hospitals on the list.
References
External links
- Official Website of St. Luke's Medical Center (Global City)
Source of article : Wikipedia
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