More Perks if R1MC becomes Corp. - Mejia

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

DAGUPAN CITY – In case Regional -1 Medical Center (R1MC) will be given a charter by congress it will have more incentives and funds from foundations and other interest groups because of autonomy.

“Advantage kung corporation na tayo we will be assisted with a lot of foundations just like SM Foundation and FilInvest Foundation because we are a corporation we have a total autonomy,” R1MC Director Joseph Roland Mejia stressed in a press conference he called at his office lately.

Region-1 Medical Center Director Joseph Roland Mejia (center) in a meeting with his his doctors in Dagupan City. Photo Credit: R1MC

 Mejia hoped that senators and congressmen will support his and the stockholders’ endeavors of R1MC targets in becoming a corporation.

He said conversion of the hospital to be a Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) will make it at par with the Philippines Heart Center of the Philippines, Lung Center, and other government hospitals.

The director even added that it can be likened to the PhilHealth and Land Bank of the Philippines as GOCC.

He hoped too that salaries and benefits of the workers at R1MC spike because of the incentives on its conversion to a corporation.

Mejia cited that R1MC is included in the roster of world hospitals because of “its being a preferred hospital” in Region 1.

It bagged too the Gold Trail Blazer Award, he cited.

R1MC was given with the award, Mejia said, by ISA International Solid of Asia in coordination with the Department of Health.

R1MC and the Batangas Medical Center were the only two recipients of the award all over the country.

“Given to us during the initial stage of the Performance Governance System and we are very happy that we are awarded with the Gold Trail Blazer which is the highest award given to an institution,” the director explained.