Daniel O. Mercado Medical Center

Mercado General Hospital, Inc. (MGHI) [TRADE NAME: Daniel O. Mercado Medical Center] had its humble beginnings in 1957 as a 12-bed lying-in clinic then known as the Mercado Clinic. The founder of MGHI, Dr. Daniel O. Mercado, after finishing his internship at the Baltimore Casualty Hospital in Washington, D.C. decided to come back to his hometown of Tanauan, Batangas to provide healthcare services to his town mates. MGHI, which operates various healthcare facilities under the QualiMed Health Network, has since grown to become one of the up and coming medical groups in the Philippines. The 12-bed lying-in Mercado Clinic is now a 145-bed level 4 tertiary hospital (inclusive of 15 critical-care beds) known as the Daniel O. Mercado Medical Center (DMMC). DMMC is one of the first hospitals in the country to be recognized as a Center of Excellence by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). MGHI also owns and operates the QualiMed Surgery Center in Manila (formerly University Physicians Medical Center) through its subsidiary, Mercado Ambulatory Surgical Center (MASCI). QualiMed Surgery Center in Manila is the first day surgery center of its kind in the Philippines. It is situated at the Faculty Medical Arts Building (FMAB) inside the UPM-PGH Compound in Manila. It opened in September 2010 and, despite its start-up status, was able to reach profitability by November 2011. Its medical staff complement is composed solely of faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine.