Operating Room / Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

Our Services

Anesthesiology
Cancer Surgery
Cosmetic Reconstruction Surgeries
Dental Surgery
Diagnostic Procedures
General Surgery
Head and Neck Surgeries
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
Vascular Surgery

TRIVIA: As recorded in the OR Logbooks:

1. The first surgery ever recorded in the logbook is “dilation and curettage” which was performed on September 14, 1966, the OR fee then was Php20.00
2. There were seven (7) major cases listed for the first month surgeries alone scale up to about 200 operations.
3. Only three (3) nurses are logged assisting the operations as the Department began in 1966. On the hospital’s 50^th year, the OR/PACU has around 25 nurses and staff who are providing excellent Christian perioperative nursing care.
4. The old OR has 2 major Surgery rooms and 3 minor surgery rooms. Last September 1, 2015, the OR moved to its present location at the second floor of the new west building. The OR Complex hosts 6 major surgery suites and 2 minor surgery suites which will cater to various surgical subspecialties (Optha, Dental among others). Adjoining the Theater complex is the 8-bed Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. This complex features a Hepa Filter and Laminar Airflow in the Operating suites. Operating suites also have an interface window for future transplant procedures.
5. The very first surgery done in the new OR suite is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed last August 31, 2015.
6. A first in Negros – a laparoscopic hysterectomy was performed in the new OR last September 14, 2015.