Wednesday, April 09, 2008 [ manilatimes.net ]
SUBIC BAY Freeport: A $20-million medical facility was inaugurated here Tuesday by Dr. Solita Monsod, who will serve as chairman of the center.
The George Dewey Medical and Wellness Center in Subic is among the best in the country and can be at par with medical facilities in Metro Manila, such as St. Luke’s once it becomes fully operational, said Chairman Dante A. Ang of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), who was one of the dignitaries at the event.
“This medical and wellness center when completed will have amenities such as a nursing home, a gym, a shopping center, a swimming pool, a bowling alley, and a billiards hall, so that visitors and patients would have extra activities when they are here,” he added.
Ang described the medical and wellness center as a “one-stop medical and wellness community.”
Operated and maintained by the George Dewey Medical College, the George Dewey Medical and Wellness Center will employ 300.
Ang said they have recruited doctors trained from Singapore and Europe.
Located at the former Cubi Hospital Complex, which is in the heart of Subic Bay, the medical facility now has 50 beds and has plans to add another 150.
Besides the amenities, Ang said the medical and wellness center also boasts of the latest equipment.
Among those who also attended the inauguration were Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Administrator Armand Arezza, Olongapo City Mayor James Gordon Jr., SBMA Senior Deputy Administrator for Business and Investments Hermenegildo Atienza 3rd, and members of the Subic Bay Chamber of Commerce. -- Anthony Bayarong
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