Calamba Medical Center (CMC) is a private hospital in Calamba City, located in the province of Laguna,

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. The medical center started as a 25-bed hospital in 1989.

Facilities

The medical center built a new 12-storey tower, now CMC Tower 1, in 2011, which was the tallest building in Calamba City. The hospital also constructed a nine-storey hospital, CMC Tower 2, in 2018. Tower 1 serves as the medical arts building while the hospital is in Tower 2. The hospital includes a diagnostic center, an eye center, a dialysis center, kidney center, clinic, offices and a function hall. Calamba Medical Center or CMC is a regional private hospital in the whole

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. Next to it is the St. Cruz Laguna Polydemic Hospital in

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. In 2020, the center established a new

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center with the first

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in the province. This is an advanced device to provide radiotherapy. The center's clinics will also provide

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References

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