LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN—A PhP200 million, 55-bed capacity community hospital in barangay Gonzales in Umingan town to benefit Pangasinenses from the eastern part of the province is expected to open soon.
Gov. Ramon V. Guico III said the hospital found in a four-hectare property in said barangay will also have modern equipment like CT (computed tomography) scan, X-ray, and diagnostic devices.
Gov. Guico said that patients from neighboring towns of Natividad, San Nicolas, Rosales and even the neighboring province of Nueva Ecija will be served as well.
Started in January 18 last year, the project is now 80 percent complete, the governor reported.
Once completed, the building will have 50,000 square meters of floor plan. The road leading to and out of the hospital has been completed.
Governor Guico said the construction of the facility is the first township project of his administration and a realization of the provincial government’s vision to fully modernize the 14 government hospitals.
The township project shall include the construction of a transport terminal, a commercial area with modern stalls, a housing component, a daycare center, a part, and a social hall, the governer further said.
The project is in line with Gov. Guico’s main thrust to provide a mass-based health care program which will greatly help the sick less-fortunate residents of the 6th congressional district of Pangasinan.
The influx of patients is expected once the modern community hospital opens.
The existing Umingan Community Hospital near the municipal hall in barangay Poblacion is a 15-bed capacity facility that caters to about 50 patients only.(Ruby F. Rayat/ Joey Olimpo-PIMRO)
