By Marisol Bo-oc | 02:49 August 19, 2022
The Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH) was one of the six Philippine hospitals recognized by the World Stroke Organization and the Accreditation Canada International for “exemplary performance” in providing quality medical services.
The Department of Health (DOH) said GCGMH was given the Diamond status award from the World Stroke Organization Angels Award for the second quarter of 2022.
The World Stroke Organization is a global organization focused on stroke, with a membership of 3,000 individuals and 90 societies worldwide and representing over 55,000 stroke specialists in clinical, research and community settings.
The Angels Award is an award-giving body organized by the WSO together with the Angels Initiative, an organization that centers on building a global community of stroke centers and stroke-ready hospitals to improve the quality of life of every stroke patient.
The award uses a tiering system based on a hospital’s performance against various measures using the Registry of Stroke Care Quality, or RES-Q, and Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke, or SITS-QR, protocol by the European Stroke Organization.
Other hospitals recognized were Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City, Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City and Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila.
