The Regional Social Development Committee, (RSDC-CAR) recommended the establishment of the Baguio General Hospital Dialysis Center through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) during its first quarter meeting on this year to address the needs of Cordillera people suffering from renal failure.
Dr. Frederick Untalan of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center Steering Committee for the proposed dialysis center said that the public-private partnership will address the needs of the Cordillera people while providing the private service provider with an equitable profit share. The proposed establishment of the facility will be through the Rehabilitate-Supply-Operate and Maintain mode of PPP.
The Regional Development Council were requested to endorsed the project that aims to rehabilitate the existing three-storey dormitory building that will be converted into a hemodialysis center in BGH with staff sharing between the service provider and BGHMC.
The building rehabilitation by the private partner is estimated to take 1-2 years from 2021-2022, while the expected contract for the operation and maintenance will cover 15 years.
In the first year of operation, 60 Hemodialysis machines are expected to be provided, and 10 units will be added each year until year 5 when the center is expected to have 110 machines.
The project is estimated to cost 130 million pesos for the building rehabilitation and initial 60 machines; while 92 million pesos will be needed for annual operation and maintenance costs, all of which will be provided by the private sector partner.
The proposal was prepared with the guidance of the PPP Center.
The Philippine Government promotes PPPs to encourage development in infrastructure, public transportation, and health facilities, among others. PPPs are implemented by virtue of Executive Order No. 8 series of 2010, as amended by Executive Order No. 136 series of 2013.
NEDA-CAR, the agency tasked in evaluating PPP proposals in the region, noted that this is the first proposal by a Public Hospital as mostly Local Government Units avail of this service.
(Joseph Manzano, RPN DZBS Baguio OIC)
(Source: NEDA-CAR)
