Hotel-like hospital in Molo opens
Personnel of Saviour International Hospital render
free services to residents of surrounding
barangays in a medical mission conducted a day
before the hospital's blessing and inauguration.
Saviour International Hospital (SIH), a tertiary care hospital with the amenities of a modern hotel officially opened its doors to the public last Saturday, January 6, 2007.
The four story hospital is located in Brgy. Tap-oc, Molo district.
SIH chief executive officer Dr. Evangeline Johnson said the hospital initially has a 75-bed capacity. She boasted that it is equipped with state of the art medical equipment and facilities which are of international standards. Also, the hospital has the ambiance of a hotel with its well-furnished rooms and amenities.
Dr. Johnson said SIH aims to become the Kidney and Heart Center of Western Visayas. It has the following specialty programs: Renal Care Program, Heart Care Program, Medicare Cataract Program, Programa Para sa MASA, Diabetes Testing and Program, Cosmetic and Laser Surgery, Geriatric Care Program and Cancer-screening and Therapy.
SIH is also equipped with more than P40 million of modern apparatus and machines. It has two brand new ambulance vehicles which are loaded with US-standard life-saving and support devices. With the state of the art ambulance, Johnson said a patient immediately gets more than just first-aid treatment while on the way to the hospital.
SIH caters mainly to retired US military servicemen, overseas Filipino workers and their dependents but it is also open to ordinary individuals.
Its roster of medical specialists boasts of luminaries in their specific field, most of whom are trail-blazing in the practice of their expertise. The hospital director is Dr. Victoria Gendrala, MHA and the Chief of Clinic is Dr. Felix Ray Villa.