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More Than Basic Services
From April 2002 to February 2006, the hospital had served 122,100
patients, including some from Pangasinan and Benguet, 57% of which
were Class D, 35% Philhealth-covered patients and 8% privately paying
patients. In 29 months of operation, the pharmacy earned a net income
of P2.17 million.
The hospital’s growing economic viability has made it less and less
dependent on subsidy from the provincial government. In 46 months of
operation, from April 2002 to February 2006, its free services to the
poor amounted to almost P53 million. Its accumulated cash collection
representing regular hospital services is P123.2 million. It has opened
a time deposit amounting to P10 million for the construction of another
building for private patients.
Partnerships
The upgrading of facilities and expansion of services began in December
2001 when the European Union donated P650 million for the construction
of a modern hospital. The former provincial hospital was transformed
into a world-class 100-bed medical center with 16 air-conditioned rooms
and several state-of-the-art equipment, including a CT scan unit worth
P14 million and a hemodialysis unit worth P5 million. These equipment
are operated as a joint venture with the private sector.
To operate, manage and sustain the hospital as a medical center,
the provincial government turned it into an “Economic Enterprise for
Sustainable Development”. It formulated a private-public mix type of cost
recovery and revenue enhancement program involving joint ventures
with the private sector, which invested in the CT scan and
hemodialysis units. The investors pay for the rent, electricity and
employees. Of the gross revenue, 15% goes to the hospital. The income
is placed in a trust fund to subsidize indigent patients who get to use the
said machines.
The Department of Health in Region I also granted P1.5 million to
the trust fund for retail pharmacy operation. Of the net income, 60%
goes to the charity fund, 20% to capital build-up, and 20% to
miscellaneous expenses. The hospital has increased its employees from
139 to 238, including part-time or contractual specialists in the fields of
neuro-surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology, diabetoloby,
nephrology, and anesthesia.
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