Women of all ages and stages of their life can now enjoy, in one convenient location, a full range of consultative and treatment services with the recent opening of the Women’s Health Floor at The Medical City.
Joining the Women’s Health Care Center (WHCC) which has been on the 6th Floor since 2010, are the Breast Center, Lactation Clinic and the Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Program Office.
“The new and improved WHCC is now part of the Women’s Health Floor and we are now ready to provide a wholistic program for women,” says Dr. Lyra Ruth Chua, director of WHCC.
The WHCC features both diagnostic and therapeutic services, such as Transvaginal ultrasound, Pap smear and Colposcopy, that specifically address women’s health care concerns. It is a One-Stop Clinic for Assessment of Risk, or OSCAR—a concept that is the first of its kind in the Philippines.
“At the WHCC-OSCAR, patients are thoroughly assessed for any female health care risk in a single location, as the Center is equipped with all the necessary technologies and staff, as opposed to relying on clinics and laboratories in various parts of TMC,” says Dr. Chua.
WHCC also has an operating room for minor surgeries, new specialty clinics like infertility clinic, preterm birth prevention clinic, CEO (Cervix, Endometrium, and Ovarian) clinic, menopause clinic, and Pelvic Floor clinic. WHCC also has new services like service offerings of WHCC such as First Trimester Screening for Congenital Abnormalities and Pre-eclampsia.
The Women’s Health Floor is manned by highly-skilled doctors and staff who are passionate about helping women achieve their goals for personal health.
“We don’t just have the technology, we also have the outcomes and the kind of service that make patients coming out of the Women’s Health Floor smile regardless of the diagnosis because they are happy, they are respected and treated as partners,” says Dr. Eugene F. Ramos, TMC Senior Vice President for Medical Services Group.