Philippine General Hospital at 100
PGH: Leader in Quality Health Care
The Philippine General Hospital is the heart of the
University of the Philippines Health Sciences Campus. It is in PGH that
postgraduate and undergraduate students undergo rigorous clinical rotations in
various departments under the tutelage of leaders in the fields of medicine,
nursing and allied health professions. Didactics, ward rounds and preceptorships,
emergency room duties, out-patient clinics, operating theater rotations and
departmental and interdepartmental conferences are included in the clinical
rotations. Other key features of their education such as leadership, community
and social organization and resource mobilization ensure a holistic training
geared towards moulding the future 7-star leaders of Philippine medical and
allied medical professionals.
PGH exists because, in health, we are our brothers’ keepers.
With a "Tatak PGH" manner of treating our patients, we ensure that all patients
understand their conditions and are able to participate in their own treatments.
We have 19 clinical departments which, with their attached units, offer
excellent facilities for the delivery of comprehensive care for both healthy and
sick Filipinos, especially the poor and marginalized, seeking specialty and
subspecialty care.
Since January 2004, PGH has been embarking on "modernizing,
upgrading, rehabilitating and reinventing" facilities and equipment to benchmark
it as one of the best national university hospitals in Asia. We complement
infrastructure and equipment availability with interdisciplinary staff
development and enhancement through "Excellent Customer Service Skills" and
other programs to strengthen our "Tayo sa PGH: Magaling Na, Magalang Pa" and "Bagong
Anyo" initiatives.
PGH continues to focus on research initiatives that impact on
national health policies. With the dawn of evidence-based medicine and the
emergence of new health and medical problems, we put further focus on researches
designed towards improving the quality of life of every Filipino.
Through the recently established Expanded Hospital Research
Office (EHRO), we have brought together the best minds to define a responsive
research agenda designed to improve patient care and healthcare systems in the
hospital and in the whole Philippines.
Service at Its Best
The UP-Philippine General Hospital, the government’s largest
health institution, continuously serves almost thousands of in-patients and
out-patients daily since it was created in August 1907. After 100 years, the
hospital remains committed to serving and giving the most comprehensive yet
affordable health services.
On its centennial year, UP-PGH rededicates itself to
rendering comprehensive quality healthcare services especially to the
marginalized sectors. The theme of the centenary celebration dubbed as "100
Years of Leadership and Excellence in Quality HealthCare for the Filipinos"
reflects the institution’s vision of continuing service, improving and
empowering the lives of millions of Filipinos.
The hospital believes not only in the delivery of
comprehensive quality healthcare but on the basis of evidence-based medical
interventions meant not only to provide treatment per se but redounds to
cost-effective interventions with better outcomes.
The hospital has been a one-stop shop and it caters to almost
all the much-needed health provisions of the healthy and the sick. Despite
meager funding due to the rising costs of medicine and treatment, the UP-PGH
administration has continued to satisfactorily meet the needs of patients
through creative resource generating activities and assistance of generous
support groups. The hospital now has modern facilities and equipment that
respond to the needs of patients undergoing diagnostics and therapeutic
procedures through donations from private institutions and organizations.
Presently, different parts of the hospital, especially the charity ward and the
operating room complex are being renovated through the efforts of the PGH
administration and the PGH Medical Foundation Inc.
With best efforts the UP-PGH is geared to meet the challenges
to provide the country with the best health care services and facilities
accessible and affordable to every Filipino.
Regardless of whatever challenge, UP PGH will continue to
uphold the pillar of service and it will continually stand by its noble purpose
of being the premier university hospital providing healthcare services to the
people and at the same time pioneering in the training of competent and
compassionate healthcare professionals.
Inspired and driven by the commitment to serve, UP-PGH
continuously respond to the daunting task of modernizing, upgrading and
reinventing PGH to meet the health care needs of every Filipino. It has given
Legacy and Service their true meanings. For another 100 years, it is certain the
UP-PGH will continue to transform and empower the lives of Filipinos and will
strive to uplift the health care system of the country.
PGH by the Numbers
Land Area: 10 hectares of UP Manila’s 14 hectares
Floor area: 125,000 sq m
Buildings: at least 40, interconnecting and stand-alone
Charity Wards: 16 Pavillions
Pay Wards: 7 blocks
Intensive/Critical Care Units: 8
Bed Capacity: 1,500 (Charity, Pay, Special)
Occupancy Rate: 95% (charity), 85% (pay)
Personnel: ~3,800 (650 Medical,1,500 nurses, 500 paramedical,
1,200 administrative personnel) + 200 non-plantilla postresidency fellows)
Observers/undergraduate trainees: at least 2,000
Major areas: Inpatient, Outpatient Charity, Emergency Room
Complex, Cancer Institute, Sentro Oftalmologico Jose Rizal, Faculty Medical Arts
Building/Outpatient Pay
Clinical Departments: 19 (with their own specialty and subspecialty units
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