ANGELES CITY -- A community hospital dedicated to providing quality healthcare services has moved to a bigger location.
St. Catherine of Alexandria Foundation and Medical Center Inc. (SCAFMC) relocated along Rizal Street Extension in Barangay Cutcut in this city.
Dr. Arlene Tamtamco, hospital administrator of SCAFMC, said their new building has a 100-bed capacity.
According to Tamtamco, SCAFMC's medical staff have high expertise and upgraded and modern equipments.
"We offer high quality services at a reasonable cost," Tamtamco said.
The hospital has an emergency room, operating room, intensive care unit and a dialysis treatment area.
They also offer laboratory tests, X-ray, and CT Scan procedures, among others.
Robbie Guevarra, chief nurse at SCAFMC, said their old site around the Nepo area did not have any more room for expansion.
"In this new site, we 20 dialysis machines from six machines in the old site," Guevarra said.
Guevarra said they follow a 1:12 ratio of nurses to patients to ensure the healthcare of patients.
"We comply to this rule so we can ensure that patients are given the attention they need," Guevarra said.
The hospital is set to have more nurses in the coming years to accommodate more patients.
The hospital had a grand launching on Monday, November 25. They held a motorcade along the major roads in the city and a blessing ceremony inside the hospital.
SCAFMC started as a lying-in clinic in 1987. It was founded by Dr. Corsino Torno between Angeles City and Porac, hence, naming it the patron saint of Porac town-St. Catherine of Alexandria.
Over the years, the lying-in clinic grew to a community hospital that has treated patients from different villages in the two areas.
SCAFMC has also conducted numerous medical missions partnering with local parishes as its way of giving back to the community.