CCMC cites triage protocol amid complaints over queue handling

Pia Piquero 05/09/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) administrators defended the hospital’s patient prioritization system, explaining that doctors and nurses follow medical triage protocols — not favoritism — when deciding which patients receive immediate attention. The…

CCMC patients seek probe over alleged queue favoritism, rude staff

Pia Piquero 05/08/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Complaints over alleged favoritism, long waiting hours, and rude behavior from some nurses at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) have again raised questions about the quality of patient care and frontline public…

Free annual prostate screening for men 40+ at CCMC eyed

Pia Piquero 04/10/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover is pushing to institutionalize free annual prostate cancer screening for men aged 40 and above, following the approval of a City Council resolution seeking to expand early detection and…

Cebu City Medical Center: Phased construction recommended, says Archival

Pia Piquero 09/30/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The long-delayed completion of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) may move forward, but gradually. Mayor Nestor Archival revealed this on Monday, September 29, 2025, as an independent technical audit recommended that the…

CCMC: Nice Archival seeks full audit of missing plans

Pia Piquero 08/14/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nearly a decade after it was first promised, the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) is again under scrutiny. This time, over reports that critical construction plans detailing its exact dimensions, layout, and materials…

Archival halts CCMC work with Dakay over missing plans

Pia Piquero 07/29/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Nestor Archival Sr. has put the brakes on the resumption of construction at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC), citing the absence of complete and detailed plans from contractor Dakay Construction. In…

Woman nabbed for buying newborn in Cebu City

Futch Anthony Inso 07/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The City Investigation and Detective Management Unit (CIDMU) of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) arrested a woman wanted for allegedly buying a newborn child at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). She…

CCMC: Mayor Archival to review P700M contract with Dakay

Pia Piquero 07/02/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Nestor Archival Sr. wants answers before construction resumes at the long-delayed Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). Archival said he intended to review the recently awarded P700-million contract to ensure that the city…

CCMC completion: Garcia awards P700M contract to Dakay

Pia Piquero 06/27/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Just three days before stepping down, outgoing Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia signed off on a major contract awarding Phase 5 of the long-delayed Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) project to Dakay…

CCMC: Archival, Osmeña vow to complete hospital within a year

Pia Piquero 05/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Incoming Cebu City leaders promise audit, action, and accountability to finally deliver the long-delayed hospital Twelve years after construction began on the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC), Mayor-elect Nestor Archival Sr. and Vice…

Yogi Ruiz: If CCMC has defects, then I’ll close it if I become mayor

Pia Piquero 04/23/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City mayoral candidate Yogi Filemon Ruiz said he would shut down the unfinished Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) and build a new, “world-class” hospital at the South Road Properties (SRP) if elected…

CCMC: Councilor pushes for public-private partnership deal

Pia Piquero 12/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos has urged the city government to explore a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for the Cebu City Medical Center’s (CCMC) ongoing construction, as she believes it is…

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