THE Department of Health (DOH) will establish a multi-specialty hospital in Clark, Pampanga, Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
In a press conference, Herbosa said the groundbreaking for the construction of the Clark Multi-Specialty Center will be held on July 17.
It will be funded through donations and government appropriations.
“This was the original one designated in Executive Order No. 19 as the Heart Center that will be built in Clark,” Herbosa said.
"We have the land already from the CDC, from the Clark Development Corporation; and then we have the plans already, the design," he added.
Earlier, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order 19 for the establishment of Philippine Heart Center Annex in Pampanga in a bid to bring quality healthcare closer to Filipinos.
"So it will be just like what we have in the North Triangle of Quezon City wherein you have all the different specialties, and it will be in that corridor in Clark. So that will cover for Central and Northern Luzon cases of heart, lung, kidney and even cancer," said Herbosa. (SunStar Philippines)