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I think my knowledge was quite correct that it is the government that owns VSMMC not the province.


Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

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VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (VSMMC) is a General; Tertiary Medical Center; Teaching / Training Medical Facility owned by the Philippine Government. It aims to provide health care services that are available, affordable, accessible, and acceptable to all regardless of social status.

Its operation started as early as 1911 as Hospital Del Sur and was formally established on April 11, 1913. It was through Republic Act 2725 that granted its legal status on January 12, 1913. The name was then changed to Southern Islands Hospital. With only 30 beds at its inception, it then became 350 beds when it was upgraded to a Medical Center in 1984.

This institution has continued to grow, develop, and improve its services responsive to the changing need of the community. After 84 years of operation, Republic Act 7528 was approved on May 21, 1992, legalizing the change of its name to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center. Shortly after this, another law was approved increasing the bed capacity to 400 (R. A. 7588 dated June 1, 1992).

Its been a dream of this institution to expand and improve its services offered to conform with the standards of these days and to cope with the increasing number of people sought for care. This dream is not far from reality when the copy of Republic Act 8658 was received authorizing the operation of 800 beds last June 22, 1998.

Vision

A Center for excellence in service, training , and research with collaborating capabilities under a corporate structure that integrate preventive, promotive and tertiary health care services.

Mission

As a government -owned corporate collaborating Center, VSMMC commits to:

Provide efficient, effective, expedient, and ethical health services to patients of the Visayas Region regardless of religion, race, political affiliation, gender and social status through state of the art technologies and competent staff;

Serve as a training center for medical, allied medical and related hospital support services;

Conduct applicable, relevant, and significant research to improve health care delivery system;

Develop a sustainable and self-reliant environment for fiscal autonomy.

Service

The institutional ten steps for the Hospital as Center for Wellness Program (HCWP) and Quality Assurance Program (QAP) shall be strenghthened and maintained.

VSMMC shall have reduced its: Occupancy rate from 131.46% to 110% Patient's lenght of stay from 5.79 to 5.5 days Mortality rate from 4.37 % to 4% Complication rate to acceptable level of 2% Increase autopsy rate from 3% to 5% Minimize public and media complaints

Improved cleanliness and beautified hospital premises from 70% - 80% through: Maintained implementation of hospital waste management. Cultivation of a vegetable or herbal garden by hospital employees. Improvement of all hospital plumbing services and sewerage system.

Maintain regular weekly conduct of a hospital wide health education activities for patients and watchers.

Maintain the six (6) lay support patient volunteer groups.

Forged and fully functional linkages with other GO's and NGO's

Establish a fully functional Integrated Hospital Operations and Management Program (IHOMP).

Establish identified collaborating centers.

Training

Setting up of a Training Center with well equipped library. All Hospital employees and student shall have attended a hospital-based orientation on HCWP and QAP, values clarification and work ethics. Seventy percent (70%) of all health care providers shall have attended a seminar of Preventive, promotive and tertiary health care programs. Twenty percent (20%) of Hospital personnel shal have been provided opportunities to attend staff development programs. Eighty percent (80%) of all graduates of residency training program product shall have been certified as diplomats of thier specialty society. All trainers and services providers shall have upgraded and updated thier professional capabilities. Facilities for training and affiliation shall have met Accreditation Standards. All Hospital employees shall be oriented to corporate practice. To work for the amendment of RA 7528 reverting the name of VSMMC to Southern Island MEdical Center.

Research

All resident physicians shall have conducted and written a scientific paper. Eighty percent (80%) of all scientific papers shall be presented or published in a scientific forum. A written scientific paper shall be a requirement for renewal for Medical Officer III position and may be an added requirement for promotion in nursing and support divisions. The research facilities of the hospitalfor experimental research shall be established. Trainers capabilities in research methodologies shall be upgraded from 10% to 210%.

Fiscal Autonomy

Strengthen social services and collection system of VSMMC. Orientation of Hospital personnel to corporate practices. Implementation of corporate practices.

hmmm
mao bitaw government hospital kai governemnt ang tag iya

pero ang question kung ang national or povincial group ba nag manage sa hospital

mura gud CCMC
hospital baya na siya sa government pero ang cebu city officials ang nag manage

[vahnhelsing]

Sometimes, you start winning friends in unorthodox ways. There are two ways, they say, start disagreeing and end up agreeing. Or start agreeing and end up disagreeing. Now choose Van which of the two you want. hehe...

bisan asa bro.... ok ko..

oooppsss comment ko sa vicente sotto n ccmc hap...
ang vicente sotto is a provincial hospital though the doh can also supervise the hospital since in the hospital we promote good health welfare for the people... vicente sotto is also a doh hospital....
magtibangay ang capitol n doh sa funds ani....

[godwhacker]

hmmm
mao bitaw government hospital kai governemnt ang tag iya

pero ang question kung ang national or povincial group ba nag manage sa hospital

mura gud CCMC
hospital baya na siya sa government pero ang cebu city officials ang nag manage

Well, my understanding is that the government here denotes national because it is the DOH that administers VSMMC -mora bag PGH sa Manila. CCMC is administered by a local government unit. Mao nga na-ngulepe si Tummy boy ngano nga provincianos dawaton sa CCMC. Go to vicente sotto di ba way pili ma probinsyano ka ug taga ciudad. Diha na unta toy plano sa DOH nga ilang i hand over sa capitolyo ang pag manage sa hospital pero na ciao ciao man to. Kinsa tong mas sweto dire mas maayong mopadayag aron ma klaro.

[godwhacker]

CAPITOL CAN RUN VSMMC BETTER: GOV
Thursday, April 24, 2008
By: Dahryl V. Tagalog

AFTER the latest controversy involving the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia renewed the call for the Cebu Provincial Government to run not only its primary and secondary services, but tertiary services as well.

Not only is she confident that the Province of Cebu could improve the services of the regional hospital, the move is also backed by provisions in the Local Government Code.

“If the Province will handle this, at least our constituents will be given better treatment because I will see to it that they will be treated humanely,” she said.

The VSMMC figured in an ongoing discussion after a video of doctors, nurses and interns laughing at a gay patient during surgery was made public through the internet. Several sectors lambasted the hospital for the unethical behavior and inhumane treatment of the patient.

Gov. Garcia disclosed that patients from the province also undergo the same rude treatment from VSMMC personnel.

She also recalled the Commission on Audit (COA) report that pointed out multi-million worth of illegal transactions in the hospital.

During her first term, she already moved to take over the operations of the VSMMC’s primary and secondary services but this was met with fierce opposition from the hospital personnel, who held protest actions.

Because of the objections, the Department of Health (DOH) took back its offer to let go of some services, despite President Arroyo’s announcement to devolve the hospital services to the province. (It was Health Secretary Francisco Duque who initially requested the Capitol to take over primary and secondary services.)

Gov. Garcia believes that the illegal “businesses” of some doctors and other personnel at the hospital will be stopped once the Capitol takes over, thus the objections.

The Capitol received specific complaints involving laboratory services recommended by doctors, and the supposed connivance of hospital doctors by pharmacies nearby.

She also stressed that employees, who do not want to be under the Capitol and would rather continue their employment with the National Government, can do so.

“If they don’t want us, then I don’t want them either,” Gov. Garcia said.

The Integrated Provincial Health Office and the Provincial Social Welfare Office received several complaints against doctors and nurses of the hospital. The Capitol officials even have the names of the erring doctors.

Her move to take over some VSMMC services earlier got the support of other governors, the most vocal of whom was Negros Oriental Gov. Emilio Macias III, who also complained of the services at the VSMMC.

As a regional hospital, the VSMMC is supposed to cater to patients from all over Central Visayas.

Gov. Garcia stressed that a radical change should be implemented at the VSMMC, especially on the attitude of its personnel.

However, the governors still have to discuss further the effort to assume responsibility over the hospital’s services.

Gov. Garcia said that other governors in the region already agreed that VSMMC, as a regional hospital, should be managed by the governor concerned.

In the meantime, the Cebu Provincial Government has encouraged local government units to put up birthing centers in their areas. This would help decongest the VSMMC.

Efforts are also being done to upgrade several district hospitals. The district hospital in Carcar will soon operate as a provincial hospital, while the Balamban District Hospital is now a provincial hospital.

Rep. Benhur Salimbangon also assured to help increase the capabilities of the district hospital in Bogo.

[cebulifer]

aw basin Yamashita treasure na pud ni! hahay! tunnel!!!

[josephdc]

I'm worried kay basin nadaut na ang Plaza Independencia. Naa ra ba unta na'y historical value.

[elvandesantos]

naa sila pamaagi sad bro oi nga ma restore nah ang plaza.

[Lind]

di kaha ni yamshita's treasure na pud? japanese ra ba ang contructor.

[sharkey360]

Capitol to sue over SRP deal | Sun.Star Network Online

[meru_valley09]

Capitol to sue over SRP deal | Sun.Star Network Online

hopefully this would settle things once and for all and that we can all move on to the next level which is development....