Thru the leadership of City Mayor Lourdes S. Cataquiz and City Health Office headed by Dr. Bobby Olivarez along with Head Nurse Riah Fojas and San Pedro Jose L. Amante Emergency Hospital Administration and Staff, the SPJLAEH received a Plaque of Recognition from the Provincial Health Office in collaboration with Department of Health Regional Office IV-A for being the First Placer in “BEST PERFORMING LGU-HOSPITAL (LEVEL 1) based on the 2015 LGU-Scorecard. The award was presented by Gov. Ramil Hernandez, DOH Laguna Officer, Gigi Janairo and DOH Regional Officer, Rio Magpantay. The plaque was received by City Health Officer Dr. Bobby Olivarez, Chief Nurse Riah Fojas, SPJLAEH Administrator Malou Apilado, Consultant Cesar Ballano, CSWD/HIV Counselor Cynthia Mayores and Training Officer/Assistant Chief Nurse Romnick Aguilar last December 6, 2016 at Santa Cruz, Laguna during the 3rd Provincial Awarding Ceremony of Department of Health Regional Office in collaboration with Laguna Provincial Health Office.
The Jose L. Amante Emergency Hospital exhibited laudable performance on health services. The indicators for SPJLAEH to garnered Green Color and took home the 1st Place are as follows: Philhealth rate, No balance billing compliance, Philhealth Utilization Rate, Average length of stay, Discharge, improved and recovered, unfilled prescriptions/supplies, Safety precaution, cleanliness and orderliness, safe water & proper waste disposal, continuing improvement program, manpower development & ethics/training, certification/recognition given by an external body, customer-institutional relations, functional referral system patient engagement programs, programs on good governance and management, bed occupant rate and Gross death rate.
Mayor Lourdes S. Cataquiz congratulates SPJLAEH for a job well done. She also promised to strengthen and increase competence and success in delivering health services to our city’s constituents. She also mentioned that the city government and SPJLAEH will work hand in hand in order to continue to be an institution of inspiration for other LGU hospitals in our country.
