| Lung Center of the Philippines | |
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| Department of Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Quezon City,Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°38′51″N121°02′45″E / 14.64749°N 121.04585°E /14.64749; 121.04585 |
| Organization | |
| Type | Tertiary |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | 24-hour emergency department |
| Beds | 210 |
| Public transit access |  6 Lung Center of the Philippines |
| History | |
| Opened | January 16, 1981; 44 years ago (1981-01-16) |
| Closed | May 16, 1998 (reopened on March 1, 1999) |
| Links | |
| Website | lcp |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Philippines |
TheLung Center of the Philippines (LCP) is a governmenttertiary hospital specializing in theprevention andcure of lung and other chest diseases, located onCentral,Quezon City,Philippines. The center receives budgetary support for its operations from the national government.[1] It was constructed on public land donated by theNational Housing Authority.[2]
The Lung Center is a 210-bed hospital.[2]
The LCP was established on January 16, 1981, by PresidentFerdinand Marcos underPresidential Decree No. 1823 as a non-profit non-stock corporation.[3] The building is identified with what is referred to as the Marcoses' "edifice complex,"[4][5] defined by architect Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of greatness."[6]
The Lung Center was placed under the administration of the Ministry of Health (nowDepartment of Health) by PresidentCorazon Aquino on July 29, 1986, underExecutive Order No. 34.[7][8] The purpose of its creation was to providehealthcare that specifically targetslung andpulmonary disease.
A fire on May 16, 1998, destroyed much of the LCP's building and equipment. The fire, which started on 2:20 a.m., claimed 11 lives with nine more missing.[9]Calixto Zaldivar, the director of the Lung Center, wasindicted on October 19, 1999, forcriminal negligence. He was accused of ignoring advice from fire inspectors to install safety equipment at the Lung Center.[10]
The Lung Center was reopened on March 1, 1999, and a new LCP building partly funded by its fire insurance began construction.[11]
The Lung Center runs one of three monitoring stations run under an air quality monitoring project inMetro Manila.[12]
In January 2019, theDuterte administration established the Philippines' 19thMalasakit Center at the Lung Center.[13] On January 23, 2024, PresidentBongbong Marcos launched the country’s firstLung Transplant Program at the Center in collaboration with theNational Kidney and Transplant Institute.[14]
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