There is absolutely no plan to change the name of the proposed hospital in Bacolod City. Not even a thought.
This was the reaction of Mayor Evelio Leonardia to reports quoting Rep. Greg Gasataya who insinuated there is an attempt to change the name of the Bacolod City General Hospital, a press release from the City Public Information Office said Tuesday, December 12.
The mayor said the insinuation that the city government is changing the name of the Bacolod City General Hospital is “baseless, malicious and misleading”.
Any plan to change the name of the proposed city hospital is non-existent. It is very clear that Republic Act 11564, or the law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in June 2021, called for the establishment of the Bacolod City General Hospital, he said.
His administration is pushing for the development of a holistic health complex in Barangay Vista Alegre on a 3.5-hectare property donated by the family of Gloria Gensoli with an addition of .5 hectare (or 5,000 square meters) that will serve as access road for the entrance and exit, Leonardia said.
“The entire property, as a health complex, and concurred by the Sanggunian Panlungsod, will be called the “Teofilo M. Gensoli Memorial Medical Center” and, in it, are the Bacolod City General Hospital and the new Bacolod City Health Office built side by side in our effort to further improve the delivery of health services to the city’s growing population,” he added.
The new CHO is envisioned to expand health services which may include, among others, birthing facilities, a dialysis center and laboratories, he said.
The mayor thanked the president anew for his commitment to provide funds for the hospital construction.
“The city government likewise highly appreciates Senators Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, and Congressman Greg Gasataya for their roles in the legislative process,” he said.
Most importantly, he stressed, “we also renew our many thanks to the family of the lot donor represented by Ms. Gloria Gensoli”.*