About the Department

History of the Department

• The Ospital ng Makati Department of Emergency, Prehospital, Disaster, and Ambulatory Care Medicine was created in 1994 to provide comprehensive, efficient, high-quality patient care. Located in Pembo, Makati, the department helped expand the hospitalization coverage, mostly for the poor residents of Makati, serving both Districts 1 and 2. Its staff provides direct patient care both in the prehospital and hospital settings, and the 4-year residency program offering of Emergency Medicine is integrally related to patient care and safety. Just this 2023, the has recently change its name to the Department of Emergency, Prehospital, and Disaster Medicine and recently has launched its first fellowship training on Emergency Medical Services.

• Mission: To promote the highest quality care in both pre-hospital and hospital setting through proper evaluation and management of the critically ill and injured, and to become the leading advocate of quality emergency care in the country

• Vision: To be recognized as an essential public servant for their high-quality patient care, teaching, leadership, research, and innovation

• Core Values

  • Excellence – pursuit through continual improvement of knowledge and skills to deliver the highest standard of care, teaching, leadership, and research

  • Professionalism – in the delivery of healthcare by showing respect, impartiality, and high standards of behavior

  • Integrity – acting reliably, consistently, and ethically, in accordance with our values

  • Compassion – for the conditions and lives of all our patients