Philippine Heart Center
{{Short description|Government hospital in Quezon City, Philippines}}
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| name = Philippine Heart Center
| org/group = Department of Health
| image = Philippine Heart Center (East Avenue, Quezon City; 03-13-2021).jpg
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| caption = The hospital in 2021
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| logo = Philippine Heart Center (PHC).svg
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| location = East Avenue, Quezon City
| region = Metro Manila
| country = Philippines
| coordinates = {{coord|14.64402|N|121.04842|E|format=dms|dim:30_region:PH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Metro Manila#Luzon mainland#Philippines
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| founded = {{start date and age|1975|02|14}}
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The Philippine Heart Center is a hospital in Central, Quezon City, Philippines, specializing in the treatment of heart ailments. It was established on February 14, 1975.{{cite PH act |chamber=PD |number=673 |title=Creating the Philippine Heart Center for Asia |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1975/03/19/presidential-decree-no-673-s-1975/ |publisher=Official Gazette|access-date=April 18, 2020 |date=March 19, 1975}}
Background
The Philippine Heart Center is a hospital specializing in the treatment of heart ailments. It has rooms for paying patients and charity patients{{Cite news|url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Opinion&title=philippine-health-care-system-from-bad-to-worse&id=125029|title=Philippine health care system, from bad to worse|last=Pagaduan-Araullo|first=Carol|date=March 28, 2016|work=BusinessWorld|language=en-US|access-date=May 3, 2018}} and admits more than 14,000 patients every year, including 3,300 that undergo heart surgery.{{Cite web |author-link=Carol Araullo |title=Welcome to PHC |url=https://www.phc.gov.ph/patient-guide/index.php |access-date=May 3, 2018 |website=Philippine Heart Center}} It holds regular training programs for medical professionals.{{Cite book|title=Philippine Heart Center Annual Report 2013|publisher=Philippine Heart Center}} It as one of the busiest congenital heart surgery centers in Asia, according to its website.{{Cite web|url=https://www.phc.gov.ph/trans/index.php?m=ma|title=Mandate|website=Philippine Heart Center|access-date=May 3, 2018}} It is currently headed by cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Avenilo L. Aventura, Jr.{{Cite web|url=https://www.phc.gov.ph/trans/index.php?m=ab&&c=of|title=Officials|website=Philippine Heart Center|access-date=May 3, 2018}}
History
The Philippine Heart Center was established through Presidential Decree No. 673 issued by president Ferdinand E. Marcos on February 14, 1975. The building is identified with what is referred to as the Marcoses' "edifice complex,"{{Cite news|last1=Lapeña |first1=Carmela G. |last2=Arquiza |first2=Yasmin D.|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/healthandwellness/274389/masagana-99-nutribun-and-imelda-s-edifice-complex-of-hospitals/story/|title=Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'edifice complex' of hospitals|date=September 20, 2012|work=GMA News Online|access-date=May 3, 2018|language=en-US}}{{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=May 3, 2018}} defined by architect Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of greatness."{{Cite web|url=http://www.artesdelasfilipinas.com/archives/45/book-review-edifice-complex-power-myth-and-the-marcos-state-architecture-by-gerard-lico|title=Book Review: Edifice Complex: Power, Myth, and the Marcos State Architecture by Gerard Lico : Philippine Art, Culture and Antiquities|last=Santos|first=Roselle|website=Artes de las Filipinas|access-date=May 3, 2018}} The hospital was built using 50% of the national health budget, according to Senator Jose W. Diokno, "while around the country, Filipinos were dying of curable illnesses like TB [tuberculosis], whooping cough, and dysentery."{{Cite web|url=http://diokno.org/post/5440854729/to-sing-our-own-song-1983-this-video-is|title="To Sing Our Own Song" (1983)|date=May 13, 2011|website=Jose W. Diokno|publisher=The Diokno Foundation|access-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726000346/http://diokno.org/post/5440854729/to-sing-our-own-song-1983-this-video-is|archive-date=July 26, 2011}}
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Its original name was the Philippine Heart Center for Asia and was changed to its current form in 1975. The first patient to be admitted to the PHC was Imelda Francisco, on April 14, 1975.{{cn|date=April 2022}}
Cardiovascular specialists including Christiaan Barnard, Denton Cooley, Donald Effler, and Charles Bailey practised there.{{cite PH act |url=https://jur.ph/law/summary/grant-of-philippine-citizenship-to-certain-foreign-physicians-and-heart-specialists |title=Granting to Dr. Charlies Bailey, Dr. Donald Effler, Dr. Delton Cooley, Dr. Christian Barnard and Dr. Martines Bordiu the Right to Exercise Certain Privileges Appertaining to Philippine Citizens |chamber=PD |number=658 |date=1975-02-20 |publisher=Official Gazette |accessdate=2024-07-26}}{{cite web |url=https://www.phc.gov.ph/Images/phc_supplement_1.pdf |title=Philippine Heart Center — Excellence, Expertise and Experience |publisher=PHC |accessdate=2024-07-26}} The first Director of the PHC was Avenilo P. Aventura (1974-1986), a cardiovascular surgeon who performed many pioneering operations in the Philippines including the first successful renal transplantation in 1970, the first CABG in 1972, and developed and implanted the first ASEAN bioprosthesis, the PHCA porcine valve.{{cite journal |url=https://www.herdin.ph/index.php?view=research&cid=32431| title=Clinical Performance of the Philippine Heart Center Bioprosthetic Heart Valve |journal=Philippine Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |display-authors=etal |last=Aventura |first=Avenilo P. |date=December 1998 |volume=5 |issue=1 |issn=0117-8830 |accessdate=2024-07-26}}
In 2014, the Philippine Heart Center was given a Qmentum International Gold Accreditation for August 2014 – 2017 by Accreditation Canada International for "excellence in hospital practices and safety.{{Cite web|title=Philippine Heart Center Annual Report 2014|publisher=Philippine Heart Center|url=https://www.phc.gov.ph/Images/accomplishments/annual_reports/2014/PHC%20Annual%20Report%202014.pdf|access-date=2024-07-26}}
On June 13, 2024, Marcos, Jr. appointed Avenilo “Jun” L. Aventura Jr. M.D. as PHC's Executive Director.{{cite news |last1= Cervantes|first1= Filane Mikee |title=Palace bares new PBBM appointees|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1226829 |accessdate=June 29, 2024 |publisher=Philippine News Agency |date=June 13, 2024}}
Architecture and design
The hospital building was designed by Filipino architect Jorge Ramos{{Cite news|url=http://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|access-date=May 3, 2018|language=en}} in what has been described as a Brutalist style.{{Cite news|url=http://nolisoli.ph/21054/looks-like-marcoses-brutalists-choice/|title=Looks like the Marcoses were Brutalists by choice|last=Reyes|first=Anthea|date=September 21, 2017|work=NOLISOLI|access-date=May 3, 2018|language=en-US}} It was built in 1975 with a reported cost of almost US$50 million.{{Cite book|title=Thirty years later... : catching up with the Marcos-era crimes|last=Garcia|first=Myles A.|year=2016|isbn=9780578175607|publisher=MAG Publishing|location=Quezon City, Philippines|oclc=945380506}}{{page needed|date=September 2023}} It was co-founded by Dr. Ludgerio D. Torres.
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.phc.gov.ph}}
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Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1975
Category:Hospitals in Quezon City
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Category:Hospitals established in 1975
Category:Buildings and structures in Quezon City