Qualimed opens first mall-based surgery center

MANILA, Philippines - The QualiMed Health Network, together with new medical group partners, opened yesterday its first mall-based surgery center in Fairview Terraces, Quezon City. The QualiMed Surgery Center in Fairview Terraces is 635 sqm. Facility that is expected to further boost the healthcare service coverage of QualiMed in the National Capital Region.

EyeSite by Asian Eye Institute and AlphaHealth Professionals, Inc. join QualiMed in the operations of its new surgery center. QualiMed is a network of healthcare facilities owned and operated by Merado General Hospital, Inc. (MGH) in partnership with Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI). Promising “Alogong Abot-Kaya,” QualiMed intends to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable to more Filipinos.

MGHI president and CEO Dr. Edwin Mercado said: “We are on a constant lookout for prospective partners who share the same commitment as ours – that of providing high quality and affordable healthcare for all markets. Be they partners in technology systems or medical professional services, QualiMed’s doors are open for possible joint ventures in the name of healthcare.

Asian Eye Institute president Benjamin K. Liboro added: “With the opening of EyeSite, we hope to encourage more Filipinos to take charge of their eye health by obtaining regular checkups for themselves and their loved ones. Maintaining productivity and good quality of life requires clear vision. By making our trusted eye care services accessible to a broader market, we hope to touch and improve more lives.”

AlphaHealth Professionals president Dr. Rodney Dofitas said: “We believe that healthcare should be a shared good and also a shared responsibility. Healthcare is best provided to individual patients and to communities when competent doctors from different disciplines share resources and work together. Even healthcare service provision is more efficient this way.”