St. Luke's Medical Center – Quezon City is a hospital in

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. It is a part of

St. Luke's Medical Center St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) is a private non-profit health care institution based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines which operates two hospitals of the same name in Quezon City and Taguig. The first health facility of the St. L ...

group of hospitals. Founded in 1903, it is the third oldest American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines (first Protestant Episcopalian hospital in the country) after CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital and Silliman University Medical Center. Along with its sister medical center of the same name, the St. Luke's Medical Center - Global City at the

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, the hospital is under the management of the St. Luke's Medical Center Group and is affiliated with the

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, but maintains to be independent. The managing entity of both hospitals is based in the Quezon City hospital and the Taguig hospital is a wholly owned corporation of the former. St. Luke's serves also as an affiliated university hospital of

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, the first Protestant Episcopalian university in Asia, and the St. Luke's College of Medicine.

History

St. Luke's was established in October 1903 by

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missionaries as a charity ward and

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hospital led by retired bishop

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. It was founded as the Dispensary of St. Luke the Beloved Physician, a fully free outpatient clinic for the poor in Calle Magdalena (now Masangkay Street) in Tondo,

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. In 1961, the health facility would move to its current location in

Facilities

The hospital has a 633 bed-capacity. It also hosts medical equipment such as the 3-

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, 1152-slice dual energy CT scanner,

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and

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. It employs at least 1,700 doctors and about 2,600 non-medical staff. 200px, left, The Concierge

Reception

The St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City is the first hospital in the Philippines and the second one in Asia to be accredited by the

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. The hospital first earned the distinction in 2003 and the accreditation has been renewed at least four times In 2013, German based accreditation organization, TEMOS gave an Excellence in Medical Tourism and Quality in International Patient Care certificate to the hospital in Quezon City. Its sister facility in Bonifacio Global City was also given the award.

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