About Our Hospital - The Visayas Community Medical Center
The youngest Presbyterian related hospital in the Philippines is the Visayas Community Medical Center, located in the rapidly growing City of Cebu in the central islands. It was opened in 1952 as a joint project of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and the Presbyterian Church (USA). The work of the hospital is understood as a part of the Christian call of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines to service and healing.
The hospital provides curative care to its surrounding community and has offers community health programs in some of the blighted areas of Cebu City. Dr. Cyd C. Raagas is the Medical Director. Among the services provided by the are OB-GYN, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Dental, Ophthalmology, Laboratory, X-ray, Physio-therapy, Out-patient Care, Neuro-psychiatric Care and Family Planning. An Emergency Room Service provides care on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days a week.
The hospital has created a primary and secondary health care delivery system to help provide for the basic needs of the community which are sanitation, nutrition, and health care. Two outreach stations are run by the hospital which concentrate on diagnosing and treating tuberculosis, diarrhea disease control, maternal and child care, treatment and prevention of malnutrition, immunization, and health education.
The nursing school at Visayas Community Medical Center is connected with the University of Cebu. The hospital has accredited medical internship and residency programs for thirty six residents yearly.
Visayas Community Medical Center conducted a long range planning conference to outline the hospital's mission in the new millennium. The plan includes increasing bed space to 345 and making health care available to lower and middle income people. The hospital plans to expand its outreach programs and make this programs more sensitive to the needs of the poor people in the community.