CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A new and publicly-funded community hospital will soon rise in Apalit town, first phase of which is worth around P70.2 million according to the Department of Public Works and Highways’ First District Engineering Office.
The private sector donated a hectare of land in Barangay Sampaloc in Apalit as site of the new hospital.
Jen Tetangco, Asscom Multi-purpose Cooperative, Nature Realty, Linde and Prime Source gave the land where the 1,496-square meter hospital will rise, it was learned.
The DPWH’s 1st DEO has presented the design of the hospital to Gov. Dennis Pineda and Apalit Mayor Jun Tetangco at the Governor’s office on Wednesday.
Funding for the first phase was sourced from the General Appropriations Act under the National Building Program, according to Engr. Alfie Lejarde, maintenance section chief of DPWH’s 1st DEO.
The four-storey hospital features 24 5-bed wards including rooms for radiology, ob-gyn, maternity, pharmacy, dental, pediatrics and surgery.
It needed around P170 million more, which is being sourced, for additional works, Lejarde said.
Governor Pineda thanked the DPWH for helping secure the initial funding. The provincial government will oversee the operations of the community hospital, he said.
The local government of Apalit donated a 1,496-square meter of land in Barangay Sampaloc, Tetangco said.
“Go na go na po ang first phase,” the governor said, adding this would be the 11th public hospital in Pampanga.
The province operates the Diosdado P. Macapagal Memorial Provincial Hospital and 10 district hospitals.
