THE Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City has announced that it has ranked fifth among Level 3 Department of Health (DOH)-retained hospitals in the country.

The CLMMRH, in a statement, said that pursuant to the agency’s Memorandum 2021-0055, it has been one of the top Level 3 hospitals in terms of performance evaluation.

A strict set of guidelines are used and evaluated independently by AO25 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), the hospital said.

Through this, qualified plantilla employees of the regional hospital are eligible to receive 57.5 percent of their 2018 basic salary.

“[This is] a reward of their hard work and dedication to the overall performance of the hospital, by ensuring accessible, safe and affordable patient care to all patients,” it added.