セブの新しい病院がオープンしました。名前は、セブシティメディカルセンター（SSMC)！正確には、10年ほど前に起こった大地震で破損して取り壊された病院が再オープンする形です。
今まで、セブドクターズホスピタルや、チョウンワホスピタルなど、大病院がいくつかあるセブですが、それに加わる新しい病院開設は、これから留学する日本人にとっても安心の場所となりそうです。
発表によると、最初の３階部分だけが使われるようで実質的にはプレオープンという形です。
コロナウイルスによるパンデミックの影響を考えると、この新しい病院（CCMC）の活躍の場が増えそうです。
また、X線やCT、MRIなどの医療設備も整っているとのことです。また取り壊しがされる前にはなかったICUセンターも増設されるそうです。
CCMC formally opens
(CEBU CITY MEDICAL CENTER)
This is a very good news to the people in Cebu because this hospital can accommodate many patients not only in Cebu City but also in the provinces of Cebu and other neighboring islands.
THE Cebu City Government formally opened the first three floors of the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 18, 2021
Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama and other city officials formally opened the hospital’s first three floors, which can accommodate 200 beds.
Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, whose speech was read by City Councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia, said the opening of the newly constructed CCMC is part of his administration’s promise to provide free hospitalization for his constituents.
With the Covid-19 pandemic affecting Cebu, CCMC’s presence was needed more than ever, Labella added.
In July, the City Council approved a P1 billion allocation in its first supplemental budget for the completion of the seventh to 10th floors of the hospital.
Yvonne Cania, CCMC administrator, said with the three floors now open, their employees will start cleaning their respective departments and transferring all of their equipment from their temporary site across the road on Sunday, Sept. 19.
By Monday, they will start transferring their non-Covid patients.
Cania said the new CCMC can provide X-ray, computed tomography scan (CT Scan) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services.
She added that they will also have more Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds at the new CCMC compared to their previous facility.
At their previous facility, they had six ICU beds, said Cania. (PAC , JKV)
Inside CCMC hospital.
SOURCES: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/; www.yahoo.com and www.google.com