THE Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital Inc. is set to open on Thursday, January 17, said its chief operating officer Dr. Wilson Tulmo.
Tulmo said while the new hospital will use the building of Bacolod Our Lady Of Mercy Specialty Hospital that closed down in July 2018, the Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital (BOLMSH) is now under the new management and a new corporation, new personnel, facilities, business permit and registration from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
He said the new management was able to get the License to Operate (LTO) from the Department of Health (DOH) on January 15.
"We will now be applying for an accreditation from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). This is a different name and a different corporation entirely new," he said.
"We started from zero. We already have LTO from the DOH and that we will now be applying for an accreditation from the PhilHealth and the accreditation will be retroactive from the date that the DOH LTO was issued," he added.
The BOLMSH shut down its operations due to the non-issuance of the hospital accreditation from PhilHealth following lapses of the previous hospital administration. (TDE)