Isang kembot na lang tapos na ang Ospital ng Maynila – Isko

“ISANG kembot na lang, tapos na ang Ospital ng Maynila.”

Ito ang inanunsyo ni Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet at Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, na nagsabi na ang konstruksyin ng bago at modernong ospital ay 90 percent complete.

“Malapit na po matapos ang 10-storey, fully air-conditioned Bagong Ospital ng Maynila. As of April 22, 2022, nasa 90% complete na po ang construction,” sabi ni Moreno.

“May helipad din po ito bilang paghahanda sa future na bibilin nating medEvac. Gusto ko pong ipakita na hindi porke’t public facility, pwede na yan. Dapat kahit public facility, fist class service ang ibibigay sa tao. Kung ano ang nabibigay ng private hospital kaya rin dapat ng isang public hospital,” dagdag pa nito.

Binigyang diin ni Moreno na kung sakaling mabibigyan ng pagkakataon ay dadalhin niya sa tarangkahan ng mga Pinoy ang parehong uri ng serbisyo ng libre sa nasabing ospital.

“The people deserve better. Pera naman nila ito kaya marapat lang na ibalik ito sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng maganda at dekalidad na serbisyo. May awa ang Diyos. Mabigyan lang tayo ng pagkakataon na makapaglingkod sa buong bansa, gagawin din natin ito sa bawat sulok ng Pilipinas,” ayon kay Moreno.

Binanggit ng alkalde ang suporta ni Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna sa kapasidad nito bilang ikalawang pinakamataas na opisyal ng City Hall at Presiding Officer ng Manila City Council at instrumental sa tagumpay ng nasabing proyekto kabilang na ang iba pang matagumpay na programa sa lungsod.

Pinasalamatan rin ni Moreno ang mga a construction workers pati na ang team ni city engineer Armand Andres sa kasipagan ng mga ito upang matapos ang ospital sa mas maagang panahon.

The mayor said that once he is given the chance to lead the country in the next six years, he would want each of the country’s 17 regions and 80 provinces to have an OsMa of their own.

“Dating tambakan lang ito. Now if i can build something like this in just two years, pandemic pa, give me more budget and I will build a similar hospital in each of the provinces and regions,” Moreno assured, saying the one done in Manila will serve as his template to offer the same kind of world-class hospital to the rest of the country.

The OsMa is one of the six hospitals being operated by the city government, offering free medical services to the residents of Manila. Each of the six districts in the city has one such hospital where the residents can get free services.

The state-of-the-art Bagong Ospital ng Maynila has a 384-bed capacity, 12 intensive care units and 20 private rooms, as well as other amenities such as the three-storey parking building and a helipad, among others. Its emergency room has 30 beds in all and the entire hospital will be fully-airconditoned once it begins operations in May.

“This is doable in the entire country kasi na-build nga namin ‘yung Ospital ng Maynila in less than two years. So, what happened in Manila, building as much as possible, modesty aside, an upscale type of public hospital that can be duplicated easily and initially to 17 regions simultaneously,” sabi ni Moreno . (ANDI GARCIA)