St. Luke's Medical Center

St. Luke's Medical Center
St. Luke's Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
Geography
Location	Quezon City and Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Organisation
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Hospital type	Teaching, General
Affiliated university	St. Luke's College of Medicine— William H. Quasha Memorial
Services
Emergency department	Yes
History
Founded	October 1903
Links
Website	www.stluke.com.ph www.stlukesmedicalcenter.com.ph
Lists	Hospitals in Philippines

St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) is a tertiary referral hospital located in Quezon City and Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.^[1][2][3]

Health professionals

St. Luke's Medical Center has a team of doctors in virtually all medical specialties including cardiovascular medicine, neuroscience, cancer, ophthalmology, digestive and liver disease among others. Today, St. Luke’s Medical Center has over 1,500 medical consultants, 230 medical residents and 123 fellows on its roster, apart from interns from its College of Medicine. There are 644 nurses and 2,000 other paramedical, administrative and support staff.

International affiliates

On 1 February 2005, St. Luke's signed an Affiliation Agreement with Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. SLMC also have affiliations with New York- Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University

Centers

Institutes

In response to the increase of particular illnesses, the availability of new medical inventions, demographic trends, and studies in patients' needs, medical centers establish or expand specific services.

Departments

St. Luke's eight (8) departments assemble traditional medical services into specialties. St. Luke's operates the Departments in Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Emergency Medicine, Out-Patient Care, Legal Medicine and Jurisprudence, and Dentistry and Oral Surgery. Centers

The 33 Centers of both St. Luke's Medical Center- Quezon City and St. Luke's Medical Center- Global City are dedicated to specific problems of various diseases.

Units

Units of SLMC are special wards for a specific disease and care. They provide medications for several special health units

History

St. Luke’s was established in 1903 by American Episcopalian missionaries as a charity ward and dispensary hospital. St. Luke's started out as fully free outpatient clinic for the poor in Calle Magdalena, Tondo. More than a hundred years later, St. Luke's still provides socialized medical services to the Filipino people. It also supports and conducts medical, dental and surgical missions in rural areas.It was transformed into an independent, non-sectarian, non-stock, non-profit corporation in the 1970s.

St. Luke's Medical Center- Quezon City

Today, St. Luke’s Medical Center- Quezon City sits on the hilly Cathedral Heights in Quezon City. The hospital now accommodates 652 beds, and is home to 10 institutes, 13 departments, and 22 "Centers of Excellence". Adjacent to the hospital proper are the Medical Arts Building and the twin towers of the Cathedral Heights Building Complex, where over 2,000 hospital-affiliated medical consultants see out-patients in more than 450 private clinics. Also within the complex are a five-story parking building, six restaurants, ten apartelle units for out-of-town families of patients, 14 residential units at the top floor and the St. Luke’s College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial. The hospital is especially active in cardiovascular medicine, neurology and neurosurgery, and cancer. They now have External Enhanced CounterPulsation Out Patient Therapy (EECP). This is a series of 35 Non Invasive treatments that basically cause new Blood vessels to grow to & from the heart. This NON INVASIVE procedure completely eliminates the need for bypass surgery or angioplasty, with the body naturally creating these bypass blood vessels. Call Dr. Frederick Cheng Cell Phone +639178151338. EECP (ECP) has been successfully been performed on millions of people in China, US, Canada, and Great Britain but is little known in the Philippines. Most Philippine cardiologists are unaware of the clinical trials in other countries. ( Please contact me about your experiences with EECP )

St. Luke's Medical Center- Global City

The Bonifacio Global City branch in Metro Manila opened on 16 January 2010, and has become a favored hospital for politicians, businessmen, celebrities, and medical tourists. It also has several restaurants and basements. Located in the midst of business, commercial establishments, and residential communities, St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City has 14-story, 628-bed nursing tower with a helipad and a sprawling podium that houses the ancillary services. It also has a multilevel parking area with more than 1,100 slots.

The clinics are located at the 11-story Medical Arts Building. Both buildings open to a grand hotel-like lobby with a concierge and front desk officers ready to assist patients and guests. The hospital was also among the Top 25 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the world. It also opened a special heart unit for women.

They now have External Enhanced Counter Pulsation out Patient Therapy (EECP). This is a series of 35 Non Invasive treatments that basically cause new Blood vessels to grow to & from the heart. This non-invasive procedure completely eliminates the need for bypass surgery or angioplasty, with the body naturally creating these bypass blood vessels. EECP (ECP) has been successfully been performed on millions of people in China, US, Canada, and Great Britain but is little known in the Philippines. Most Philippine cardiologists are unaware of the clinical trials in other countries. ( Please contact me about your experiences with EECP )

Clinic

There is also an extension clinic located in Ermita, Manila. The extension clinic caters primarily to those patients seeking medical examination requirements for Visa application for US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

References

External links

• Official Website of St. Luke's Medical Center (Quezon City)
• Official Website of St. Luke's Medical Center (Global City)