The Medical City

[domestic diva]

Any inputs about the hospital? Childbirth experiences, doctors, room rates, delivery expenses? 

I have yet to give birth in the "new" hospital as I gave birth at the old location.  My kids have been confined here several times and I've never had any problems.  Most of our doctors are from this hospital.

How was your delivery here?

I heard private ward package is P70k and normal is P50+.

[mom.of.inchikoy]

Sis, it would be best to check out (tour) the hospital and their delivery area. the nurses there are very nice to all moms & dads to be to see their facilities. Even sa nursery pwede ka din mag inquire kung magkano aabutin.
They have a lamaze room and a birthing room. you may also check their private rooms for comparison na rin.

sa inquiry ng rates nila, sa information sa lobby meron sila ready - printed quotation, para at least updated. it would be helpful to bring your own notepad and pen to take down some notes, or if you have prepared questions for them. nice naman sila nung nag inquire ako for my 2 kids. but we decided other hospital to deliver our babies, kasi parang st lukes na rin ang rates nila. medyo mahal na if not package.

re package, nice din to discuss this matter with your obgyne. as some doctors yata hindi tumatanggap ng rate ng package ng tmc....

hth

[domestic diva]

^thanks for the thumbs up, sis.  yes, i'll do that on my next check up.. tour my kids around the floor and check out the nursery

my OB didn't want me to take the package kasi private ward daw yon.  it's better for me to get a small private instead.

i've already told my friends and relatives not to visit me at the hospital so it doesn't matter if i get a small private room..  and i don't want them to see me at my finest

[domestic diva]

private room rates:

standard room A : (no fridge) P2,400
standard room B : (with fridge) P2650
deluxe: (3 seater couch/bed) P3300
superior: (sofa bed) P4000

as for the suites, prices ranged from P6k to P9.5k

[dolly]

^Sis, baligtad ata yung price mo ng Standard A and B. And yung Standard A ang may fridge.

Anyways, dito rin ako manganganak ulit, sa June 12 na due ko. I'm with a specialist doctor so I'm expecting my CS delivery to be around 200k.

[Amphitrite]

I gave birth here on November 2004 when it was fairly new. The doctors, nurses and everyone here are very friendly. I'm not sure if the staff are still the same though, but they should for the price clients pay for this hospital is astronomical.

Rooms are very clean and are cleaned every morning. And yes, you can tour their facilities, i'm not sure if you can visit the pre-labor, labor & delivery rooms though, but you can ask your ob about that.

As for the price, I suggest that you add extra 15% - 25% on the amounts they present to you. The private ward package was full on the day I gave birth and they gave us a price of 30k but we ended up paying 55k. The extra 20k was for the meds & extra treatments our son received due to jaundice.

Have a safe delivery

[domestic diva]

Non stress test cost P770.  It's done on the 6th floor where all the ultrasounds for female. 

My OB to

[enjaye]

i gave birth on November 2008, kaya lang emergency CS, 8 months pa lang ang baby ko. Inabot ng 200k ang nagastos namin. Pero grabe, super alaga ako at si baby. Just in case, I'll get pregnant in the future again, dun pa rin kami sa TMC.

Btw, yung first born ko sa lumang medical city. Almost 40k lang nagastos namin dati [textspeak!] normal delivery naman sya. Same OB ang nagpaanak sa panganay and bunso ko.

[snowkittycat]

Gave birth here in 2008, CS. We got the bigger standard room with tv, fridge. We paid around P120k for CS + circumcision of my little boy.

Very nice nurses and doctors.

[domestic diva]

^^funny nga, sis enjay, when i gave birth at the old tmc, parang mga ganon lang din ang gastos ko. i wonder how much i'm going to spend now at the new tmc for cs.

[ganda01]

I gave birth in these years :

oct  2007  - P 40,000  -- Normal delivery package ( NSD ) . Andun na 
                               lahat,  wala ka ng  iintindihin pa. The room is ok.
                               They call  it Baby friendly ward room. Good enough
                               at malinis  sya.

oct  2009 - P 46,700 -  Normal delivery package ( NSD )

Maganda facilities sa Medical City. Sulit bayad mo

[domestic diva]

^sis ganda01: both rooms on the 6th floor?

[ganda01]

Hi Sis Domestic Diva,

Yes, nasa 6th floor lahat sya. Andami nag aavail ng package na ito. Ok na kasi ito eh .. Parang hotel, 3D/2n ,, hehehhe.  di mo na kailangan ng mahal na room.

[ganda01]

My OB is Dr. Rowena Rivera & my pedia is Dr. Elizabeth Palmero-Reyes.
Both are very good doctors. Eto nga, preggy me ulit ,,, 6 weeks .. yun pa din price ng NSD package

[evilwoman]

I gave birth in these years :

oct  2007  - P 40,000  -- Normal delivery package ( NSD ) . Andun na 
                               lahat,  wala ka ng  iintindihin pa. The room is ok.
                               They call  it Baby friendly ward room. Good enough
                               at malinis  sya.

oct  2009 - P 46,700 -  Normal delivery package ( NSD )

Maganda facilities sa Medical City. Sulit bayad mo

ang mura ng bill mo sis ha.. ako kasi, i gave birth last nov 2009 lang pero inabot ng 55k ang bill ko. pero sabi kasi, ibang thread daw ang ginamit ni OB sa kin (pang private daw, iba daw kasi yung thread na gamit pag package) so dagdag na lang daw ng konti tutal mas mabilis daw yung recovery pag yung mas mahal na thread ang gamit. true enough, after 2 weeks e healed na yung wound at kahit nawala na yung effect ng anesthesia a day after i gave birth, di ako nakaexperience ng pananakit sa tahi ko..not sure din kung may dagdag bayad din ba yung epidural (3cm pa lang kasi ako e humingi na agad ako).. pakienlighten naman ako kung napamahal ako for future reference.. sayang din yung 10k ha.. 

[ganda01]

Hi Sis Evil Woman,

P 51,500 total bill ko pag sinama yun bill ni baby. Packaged thread lang ginamit sa akin at in 1 week, totally healed na wound ko. hindi rin ako
naka experience ng pananakit sa tahi ko kahit nawala na yung effect ng anesthesia a day after i gave birth.  yun epidural, depende kelan mo gusto magpalagay basta uubusin nya yun laman ng bottle sa labor at during delivery mo. i ma maximize ng anesthesiologist mo yun. in my case, sabi hubby, magaling daw tumahi si OB ... parang virgin pa din daw ,,, hehe

[evilwoman]

^ nalungkot naman ako sa 10k..  sis if you don't mind, tanda mo pa pf ng ob, anes, and pedia mo? feeling ko dun din lang magkakatalo-talo..

[domestic diva]

^^@sis ganda01: sa baby friendly ward, saan matutulog ang bantay mo? may bench ba or chair lang?

[evilwoman]

^ pasagot sis.. sa chair lang po.. very uncomfortable nga e.. siguro kung pwede e magdala ng sleeping bag ang bantay ng makahiga naman ng maayos..

[ale1]

^sis ganda01 & evilwoman - wala po bang additional charge, if ever kung magdadala ng sleeping bags? Pag sa ward ba sis, ilan kayo sa room & ano divider? wall po ba divider? Kamusta naman sis ang visiting time, may restriction ba sa visisting hours? thanks in advance!