CCMC to Hike Capacity by 100 More Beds

The Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) will soon have an additional 100 beds to accommodate more indigent patients, an official said.

CCMC chief of hospital for administration Rey Cris Panugaling said the 100 beds will be in the building previously occupied by the City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) on N. Bacalso Ave., Cebu City.

With the additional bed capacity for CCMC, the Cebu City government-run hospital will have more than 200 beds.

The temporary CCMC, which is located at the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) compound, only has 108 beds.

At present, the ramp from the first floor to the second and third floor of the building is still being constructed.

Panugaling said the renovation at the Citom building is expected to be completed next month.

They are targeting to make the annex building fully operational in the middle of March.

The first floor of the building will house the emergency room for CCMC’s pediatrics department. It will also house the nutrition and the labor rooms.

The second floor, on the other hand, will house the pediatrics and obstetrics wards, pediatrics intensive care unit, dengue ward, pulmonary ward, gynecology ward and the sick neonate care unit.

The third floor will be for the medical records section as well as the administrative offices, conference rooms, personnel services, procurement unit and the management offices.

Once the annex building is done, Panugaling said CCMC will apply for the hospital’s level two accreditation from the Department of Health (DOH).

DOH had earlier downgraded CCMC from a level three hospital to a level one hospital due to the cramped space at the BFP compound, among others.

CCMC transferred to the BFP area after their old building was demolished since it sustained heavy damage during the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in October 2013.

The hospital management is optimistic that it will be granted a level two accreditation with the expansion of the facility. (PNA) FPV/EB