Kaban ni D_BystandeR: CCMC BIYAAN NA SA MGA MANANAMBAL?

This was the outcome of a "lightning decision" reached by Mayor Mike Rama immediately after the earthquake struck the CCMC building more than a year ago. Against the clamor of some well-meaning members of the City Council, probably mostly from BOPK that the repair work be adopted against the idea of totally demolishing it to be replaced with a huge buillding, Mayor Mike proudly preferred the latter. The rough estimate that I remember, correct me if I'm wrong, to upgrade and reinforce the concrete beams of the building would be  P20M, more or less. But Mayor Mike would not listen to them. It would have been better if the repair of the building was decided so that the abrupt change to a Level I category of the hospital could be avoided thus, the status of the old CCMC could have been preserved. Now, as a result, doctors are rumored to be tendering their resignations and that is expectedbecause with a previous capacity of 300 patients the hospital was capable to handle, now it has been direly reduced and downgraded to 108 patients, and with it goes the loss of some perks that CCMC used to enjoy.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item that appeared in The FREEMAN entitled, "CCMC doctors resigning today? It came out on December 30, 2014.