Angeles mayor to open first Cardiac Center in Central Luzon

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/02/14/angeles-mayor-open-first-cardiac-center-central-luzon-457286
• Sunday, February 14, 2016

By Reynaldo G. Navales

ANGELES CITY -- Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said that his Valentine’s Day gift to his constituents is the establishment of a heart center at the Ospital Ning Angeles (ONA), a first in Central Luzon.

“My gift to my people this month of the heart is the first intensive cardiac care unit which will opened at 10 am on February 16, 2016,” Pamintuan said.

The facility will be managed by Dr. Rey Franco, a native of Angeles City, who has been practicing medicine in Michigan, United States of America, said Pamintuan.

“It will be handled by a native son of Angeles City, the famous heart specialist Rey Franco who is a very close friend of mine. We are indeed grateful to our very own doctor,” he said.

The medical center is in the process of upgrading its facilities and laboratories and acquiring equipment to earn higher classification.

The hospital has applied for a tertiary hospital category with the Department of Health (DOH) and is expected to earn the new classification early this year.

The construction of the cardiac care unit was funded by the Geromin Nepomuceno Foundation, Pamintuan earlier said.

“The equipment came from the World Medical Relief Incorporated of Michigan USA,” the mayor added.

The ONA Heart Care Center is the first public hospital cardiac care unit of its kind in Central Luzon, said Pamintuan.