A Bigger, Better Home for TMC's Women's Health Care Center

 

Manila, Philippines: In line with The Medical City’s (TMC) thrust to provide quality health care in a world-class setting, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and blessing was held for its Women’s Health Care Center (WHCC), which was moved to its bigger, better location on the 6th story of the new Nursing Tower 2. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was led by celebrity mom Pia Magalona, assisted by the hospital’s administrators and department heads.

 

 

Originally on the 5th floor of Nursing Tower 1, the WHCC features both diagnostic and therapeutic services, such as transvaginal ultrasound, pap smear and colposcopy, that specifically address women’s health care concerns. Its more spacious new home will allow for the Center’s reinvention as a One-Stop Clinic for Assessment of Risk, or OSCAR—a concept that is the first of its kind in the Philippines. 

 

“At the WHCC-OSCAR, patients can be thoroughly assessed for any female health care risk in a single location, as the Center will be equipped with all the necessary technologies and staff, as opposed to relying on clinics and laboratories in various parts of TMC,” says Dr. Lyra Ruth Chua, Director of the WHCC. “The new location will also house a Patient Education Area where lectures on varied women’s health concerns can be held, as well as Lamaze classes, and acupuncture sessions.”

 

The move is part of a larger plan to make Tower 2’s 6th floor exclusively for women’s health. This Women’s Floor—which will also be the first of its kind in the country—is slated to feature the WHCC; the TMC Breast Clinic, which includes a mammography facility; an operating room for minor surgeries; an infertility clinic; and a menopause clinic.

 

The latest expansion to the TMC compound along Ortigas Ave., Tower 2 provides an additional 100,000 square meters of space for patient rooms, ancillary services, and amenities.