Tondo Medical Center

Tondo Medical Center
Department of Health
Geography
Location City of Manila, , Philippines
Organisation
Care system Public, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) accredited
Hospital type Tertiary
Affiliated university University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, San Beda College
Services
Standards Philippine Department of Health
Beds 200
History
Founded 1971
Links
Website http://www.tmc.doh.gov.ph
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The Tondo Medical Center in Manila, Philippines is 200-bed capacity tertiary public medical center established in 1971, under the supervision and control of the Philippine Department of Health (DOH). Currently has eight hospital departments, all of which are currently accredited with their respective specialty societies except for EENT and Pathology which are still in the process of accreditation with the DOH.

Currently located at North Bay Boulevard, Tondo, Manila, Philippines, the tertiary hospitals caters to the health needs of patients located in residential and industrial areas near the area.

Services

In Patient Services Out Patient Services X-Ray Service
Ancillary Services Emergency Services Recovery and Operating Room Services
Labor and Delivery Room Services Laboratory Services Administrative Services
Support Special Ties Special Units
Special Diagnostics Special Procedures Medical Center Programs

History

In January 1971, the hospital situated Northbay Boulevard, Balut, Tondo, Manila started as the Tondo Annex of the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Hospital. By The Virtue of the Republic Act 6375 on July 16, 1971 (An act creating Tondo General Hospital and Medical Center), the ownership and possession of a lot, building, and other physical plants, equipment, tools, implements, records, funds, appropriations and personnel were transferred to the Hospital Board in the name of the Tondo General Hospital and Medical Center. It was established and operated in and for the District of Tondo, City of Manila as a non-profit public institution and its purpose being primarily to give free in-patient and out-patient medical care to as many residents of the District of Tondo.

Under this Act, the hospital shall have a bed capacity of not less than one hundred (100). Ninety percent of which shall be devoted exclusively to charity patients. On January 30, 1987, Executive Order No. 119 was passed reorganizing the Ministry of Health and its attached agencies. Tondo General Hospital and Medical Center created as a government corporation under R.A. 6375 was dissolved and all its assets, liabilities, properties and personnel were transferred to Tondo Medical Center under the Department of Health. Now, it has an authorized bed capacity of 200 and departmentalized services consisting of Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Optha, ENT, Radiology and Pathology. Furthermore, the hospital caters to the health needs of both in-patients and out-patients along residential and industrial areas not only in Tondo but also from Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela (CAMANAVA) and some parts of Bulacan.

The Hospital is Philhealth accredited with all major departments accredited by their medical societies. The hospital is also a key player of DOH programs and continuous to be an effective partner with local government units in providing health care.

To this day, Tondo Medical Center is undergoing infrastructure expansion, improvement, capability enhancement and continues the tireless quest to reach the top of the ever-increasing demand for expertise, services and treatment facilities that provide the most comprehensive and the best possible patient care to the community it serves.

Hospital Accomplishments

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