THE upcoming medical resort facility within the township site being developed by Megaworld Corp. in Lanang, Davao City will feature green development.
Lanang Premier Doctors Hospital Inc. (LPDHI) chairman and chief executive officer Lemuel Podador said in a phone interview with VoxPop Davao that they decided to push for green architecture for sustainability reasons.
Green or sustainable architecture, as defined, is architecture that seeks “to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space and the ecosystem at large.”
The P2.5 billion premier hospital had its groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, March 14.
The 12-storey hospital building, designed by architect Rafael Tayactac of RT Designs and Architecture will have a 250-bed capacity, spa, pool, a wellness center, nephrology center, and a helipad. The ground area will have coffee shops and restaurants.
“It will have an interconnected 12-storey, eight-storey and four-storey buildings. The 12-storey building will serve as the hospital’s medical arts towers,” Pondador said in a recent interview.
To rise in a one-hectare lot, the hospital will later be interconnected with two 16-story towers for residential and commercial spaces.
“We envision the hospital to be a premiere medical destination catering to all markets. We have a state-of-the-art medical facility, competent medical group and well-trained management staffs,” he said.
Podador, who also owns PNS Land Corporation, added that the ease of doing business, growing population, and booming economy of the city made them decide to build the hospital.
LPDH senior vice president for Operations and Administration Conrad Adeva, Jr., for his part, said Davao is also considered as a strategic area for harnessing Mindanao market and Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) as a larger economic area.
“Our direction is after we strengthen our presence here, we will target the Bimp-Eaga market through medical tourism. Philippines, in Asia, is still among those that offer cheaper medical costs, some 40 to 50 percent lesser compared to neighboring countries,” Adeva said.
The LPDHI chairman, also the owner of Tagum Doctor’s Hospital, urged other investors to build more medical facilities in the city especially those outside the downtown area.
Podador said about a thousand workers are needed for the construction of the center. He said once it becomes operational, it would provide jobs to a thousand more workers in the hospital and the different clinics of the practicing physicians and in other businesses within the complex.
LPDH is eyed to be operational in 2018.
