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     The St. Anthony’s College, as part of its response to the needs of the
larger community, had commissioned a team of internal and external
professional consultants to study the viability of putting up a Medical
Center fully equipped with modern and state-of-the-art facilities and
equipment that can provide medical cares comparable with the US
standard. The Center shall be named: ANTIQUE MEDICAL CENTER.

     The Center is a positive response to the overwhelming need/demand
for medical services in the province of Antique. The present
occupancy rate of the only secondary hospital in the province, the
Angel Salazar Provincial General Hospital, is at an average of 135%
in 2006 and 154% in the first 8 months of 2007.

     Based on the policy standard of the Department of Health, the ratio of
hospital beds to population is 1:300 which means that for every 300
persons there should be one hospital bed. With this standard, the
ideal number of beds for the Province of Antique, referring to the NSO
survey, is approximately 1,800 beds. However, there are only 280
actual beds in hospital facilities existing in the province. This simply
means that the province of Antique has unfilled demand for health
care services.

     The Center will cater to medical needs of people of all walks of life. It
will assemble competent medical professionals and practitioners, and
provide employment to more than 200 employees who have
competencies in their respective fields. It will provide the same
medical services and care available in the best health institutions in
Iloilo and Manila. The hospital will be operated in the principle of
delivering quality service with a heart giving its clients full satisfaction
in the process.