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UPGRADING MEDICAL FACILITIES. Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte (left) and Dr. Evelyno Buenaventura inspect the new features of a hospital in Davao City on Wednesday (June 1, 2022). Once completed, the new city-owned Davao City Public Hospital that will start construction this year is expected to decongest the Department of Health-run Southern Philippines Medical Center. (Photo courtesy of the Vice Mayor's Office) DAVAO CITY - The new public hospital that the city government is expected to start building this year will be made available even to non-residents seeking medical care. Dr. Evelyno Buenaventura, the co-chair of the secretariat overseeing the construction of the Davao City Public Hospital, the new facility aims to decongest the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC)-the only regional hospital here operated by the Department of Health. "The city aims to open the hospital as a level one medical facility with specialist departments such as ob-gyne, surgery, pediatrics, an