The Medical City (TMC) is launching its partnership with Ascent, Asia’s on-demand helicopter service for air travel in a crowd-free and controlled environment. A leading healthcare provider in the Philippines, The Medical City services more than 50,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients a year,...
Halfway through 2020, doctors at The Medical City (TMC) evaluated and used stem cells from the umbilical cord of newborns for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. One year into the pandemic, cases are still rapidly rising in the Philippines. The Department of Health (DOH) on...
Jun R. Ruiz, M.D. Gastroenterologist The Medical City March is the Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This malignancy of the digestive tract is the 3 rd most common cancer among Filipinos, despite it being one of the most treatable and preventable cancers. Colorectal cancer screening has been...
There’ll be no argument when I say that 2020 was a very extraordinary year. Extraordinary for the wrong reasons; but insofar as it’s being unusual, I’m certain most will agree with me. For hospitals, medical centers, and the health care professionals and workers; they were the battlefront,...
Photo from The Medical City/Facebook The Medical City co-founder and chairman Dr. Augusto Sarmiento , or Tico as he was fondly called, passed away on Sept. 12, his family announced. He was 96. “With deep sorrow, we regret to announce that our beloved father, friend, and colleague peacefully...
Photos by Kevin Tristan Espiritu A medical technologist swabs a client inside the vehicle in a drive-thru swab As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to soar in the country, everything counts, from the health experts to test kits to testing facilities. Testing is a critical component to help...
