Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez.
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday
morning assured stakeholders and patients of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) of continued funding in the years ahead, saying it’s an investment in the future of children.
The leader of the 306-member House of Representatives made the assurance after leading the capsule-laying and groundbreaking rites of the PCMC’s 20-storey Advanced Pediatric Services building at the hospital compound along Quezon Avenue corner Sen. Miriam Defensor Avenue in Quezon City, which is part of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.’s Legacy Specialty Hospitals.
Speaker Romualdez said the centers would benefit thousands of children suffering from these complicated diseases.
“Malaking tulong ang pasilidad na ito dahil ating binibigyang-halaga ang buhay at kalusugan ng kabataan, para sa kinabukasan ng bayan,” Speaker Romualdez said.
“Hindi basta-basta ang proyektong ating sisimulan ngayon. Layunin nating magtayo ng multi-specialty center para gamutin ang pinaka-malalang sakit tulad ng pediatric cancer, brain and spine diseases, at iba pang sakit na kailangan ng masusing pag-aalaga,” Speaker Romualdez said.
He told hospital doctors, nurses, administrators, staff, patients, their families, and other stakeholders that last year upon the guidance of President Marcos, Congress allocated funds for PCMC specifically for the Advanced Comprehensive Center for Pediatric Brain and Spine and the Pediatric Cancer Center.
The 20-story building will have a 500-bed capacity and be equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology.
The soon-to-rise facility will feature a Modern Cancer Center and subspecialty services that include infectious diseases, nephrology (kidney-related care), cardiology (heart-related care), pulmonology (respiratory system care), endocrinology (treatment for hormonal disorders), neurology (neuro-developmental pediatrics), and surgical services, and intensive care units for critically ill children, rehabilitation services.
Speaker Romualdez thanked PCMC doctors, nurses, and other staff for their tireless service and sacrifice.
He also greeted them with a Happy 45th Anniversary Tuesday.
