St. Luke's Medical Center

St. Luke's Medical Center, Inc.
Non-profit
Industry Health care
Founded 1903 (1903)
Headquarters SLMC-QC, Quezon City, Philippines
Key people
 Frederick Dy
(Chairman)
Edgardo Cortez
(President and CEO)
Subsidiaries St. Luke's Medical Center - Global City
Website www.stluke.com.ph
www.stlukesmedicalcenter.com.ph

St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) is a private non-profit[1] health care institution based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines which operates two hospitals of the same name in Quezon City and Taguig.[2][3][4] It was founded by the Protestant Episcopal Americans in 1903 as the second American and Protestant founded hospital in the Philippines.

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. 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.

Facilities

Hospitals

St. Luke's Medical Center - Global City

St. Luke's Medical Center Inc. maintains two hospitals, one in Quezon City and another at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. SLMC is based in the Quezon City Hospital while the Taguig hospital is a wholly owned corporation of the Quezon City-based SLMC.[5]

Extension 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.

College

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

References

  1. ↑ Calonge, Emilia (16 April 2014). "Medical and Health Archives". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.temos-worldwide.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=2&Itemid=44&limit=5&limitstart=10
  3. ↑ http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/344939/cbb/st-luke-s-medical-center-among-40-best-hospitals-in-the-world-think-tank-says
  4. ↑ http://www.diplomatic-council.org/download/Teilnahmeprogramme/DC-Temos-Conference-Program.pdf
  5. ↑ "Frederick Dy is new chair of St. Luke’s". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

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