Lung Center of the Philippines
{{Short description|Government hospital in Quezon City, Philippines}}
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| name = Lung Center of the Philippines
| org/group = Department of Health
| logo = Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP).svg
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| location = Quezon City
| region = Metro Manila
| country = Philippines
| coordinates = {{coord|14.64749|N|121.04585|E|format=dms|dim:30_region:PH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines
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| type = Tertiary
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| emergency = 24-hour emergency department
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| publictransit = {{rint|bus|1}} {{RouteBox|6|List of bus routes in Metro Manila|#4fcd98|white}} Lung Center of the Philippines
| beds = 210
| speciality = Pulmonary
| founded = {{start date and age|1981|1|16}}
| closed = May 16, 1998 (reopened on March 1, 1999)
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| website = {{URL|lcp.gov.ph}}
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The Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) is a government tertiary hospital specializing in the prevention and cure of lung and other chest diseases, located on Central, Quezon City, Philippines. The center receives budgetary support for its operations from the national government.{{Cite journal|date=October 2013|title=Philippine National Health Accounts 2005-2011|journal=Philippine National Health Accounts |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_PNHA%202005-2011_0_0.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board|issn=1655-8936}} It was constructed on public land donated by the National Housing Authority.{{Cite web|url=http://lcp.gov.ph/about-us/history|title=History|date=December 4, 2014|website=lcp.gov.ph|access-date=March 31, 2019}}
History
The LCP was established on January 16, 1981, by President Ferdinand Marcos under Presidential Decree No. 1823 as a non-profit non-stock corporation.{{cite web |title=P.D. No. 1823 |url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1981/pd_1823_1981.html |website=The LawPhil Project |access-date=April 18, 2020 |date=January 16, 1981}} The building is identified with what is referred to as the Marcoses' "edifice complex,"{{Cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/274389/lifestyle/healthandwellness/masagana-99-nutribun-and-imelda-s-edifice-complex-of-hospitals/|title=Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'edifice complex' of hospitals|date=September 20, 2012|work=GMA News|language=en-US|access-date=March 31, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/building-spree|title=Edifice complex {{!}} 31 years of amnesia|last=Afinidad-Bernardo|first=Deni Rose M.|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=March 31, 2019}} defined by architect Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of greatness."{{Cite news|url=https://business.inquirer.net/236962/imelda-marcos-edifice-complex|title=Imelda Marcos and her 'edifice complex'|last=Villa|first=Kathleen de|date=September 16, 2017|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|language=en|access-date=March 31, 2019}}
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The Lung Center was placed under the administration of the Ministry of Health (now Department of Health) by President Corazon Aquino on July 29, 1986, under Executive Order No. 34.{{cite web |title=E.O. No. 34 |url=http://www.lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1986/eo_34_1986.html |website=The LawPhil Project |access-date=April 18, 2020 |date=July 29, 1986}}{{Cite book |title=An anarchy of families : state and family in the Philippines |date=2009 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=978-0-299-22984-9 |location=Madison, Wis. |pages=418 |oclc=223848773}} The purpose of its creation was to provide healthcare that specifically targets lung and pulmonary disease.
A fire on May 16, 1998, destroyed much of the LCP's building and equipment. The fire, which started on 2:20 a.m., claimed 11 lives with nine more missing.{{cite news|title=Patients die in hospital fire|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/94725.stm|access-date=January 24, 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=May 16, 1998}} Calixto Zaldivar, the director of the Lung Center, was indicted on October 19, 1999, for criminal negligence. He was accused of ignoring advice from fire inspectors to install safety equipment at the Lung Center.[https://sb.judiciary.gov.ph/DECISIONS/2008/E_Crim_25691_Zaldivar,Jr_05_19_2008.pdf Sandiganbayan|Criminal Case 25691|(May 19, 2008)]
The Lung Center was reopened on March 1, 1999, and a new LCP building partly funded by its fire insurance began construction.{{cite web|title=Executive Summary of the 1999 Annual Report on the Lung Center of the Philippines|url=http://www.coa.gov.ph/1999_AAR/GOCCs/LCP/LCP-99es.htm|publisher=Commission on Audit|access-date=January 24, 2012}}
The Lung Center runs one of three monitoring stations run under an air quality monitoring project in Metro Manila.{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/03/25/1904157/air-quality|title=Air quality|last=Chanco|first=Boo|date=March 25, 2019|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=March 31, 2019}}
In January 2019, the Duterte administration established the Philippines' 19th Malasakit Center at the Lung Center.{{cite news |title=19th Malasakit Center rises at Lung Center |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/01/09/1883426/19th-malasakit-center-rises-lung-center |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604082449/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/01/09/1883426/19th-malasakit-center-rises-lung-center |archive-date=4 June 2024}} On January 23, 2024, President Bongbong Marcos launched the country’s first Lung Transplant Program at the Center in collaboration with the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.{{Cite web|url= https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1892868/fwd-marcos-lcp-and-nkti | title=Marcos leads launching of Lung Transplant Program of LCP-NKTI|first=Jean |last=Mangaluz|website=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=January 23, 2024 }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070510035924/http://www.lcp.gov.ph/ Official Website of the Lung Center of the Philippines]
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Category:Hospitals in Quezon City
Category:Hospitals established in 1981
Category:Government-owned and controlled corporations of the Philippines
Category:Buildings and structures in Quezon City
Category:Lung disease organizations
Category:Establishments by Philippine presidential decree
Category:1981 establishments in the Philippines
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