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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1750657635749marawi-aftermath-val-cuenca-2017-100317.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Photo shows damaged structures in the area of Mapandi going to Lilod, Marawi City, which was recaptured by government troops from the Maute group. <em>Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span>MARAWI CITY (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) -- The Marawi City General Hospital — a newly constructed health facility in the previously war-torn Islamic City — will be opened to the public in August, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday after he visited several projects here.</div><p>The Marawi City General Hospital is a 100-bed primary care hospital, Marcos Jr. told reporters here.</p><p>&quot;We are giving the contractors and all of the government agencies a deadline of August nang mabuksan na yung ospital,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Ang ospital they have sufficient power but naghahanap sila ng standby generator kasi kahit brown out kailangan patakbuhin yung makina,&quot; he said.</p><p>The Marawi City General Hospital is expected to ease the deluge of patients at the Amai Pakpak Medical Center, which used to be the Islamic City’s lone Department of Health-funded hospital.</p><p>Preparations to open the new hospital in Marawi City &quot;are progressing well,&quot; said DOH Regional Director Sulpicio Henry Legaspi Jr.</p><p>&quot;Sa ngayon is nasa 90... 95 percent tayo sa completion and we&#x27;re hoping na... to finish this in a month or so,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a very big help and a very crucial... It will be able to provide the basic services, as well as surgical services para sa mga kababayan natin sa Marawi City,&quot; he said.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/video/spotlight/05/18/23/displaced-marawi-residents-call-on-govt-to-speed-up-rehab-efforts">READ: Displaced Marawi residents call on gov&#x27;t to speed up rehab efforts, permanent housing</a></div><p>In 2022, the Department of Budget and Management said that it released P44.38 million to fund the procurement of equipment and ambulances for the Marawi City General Hospital.</p><p>The new hospital is part of the string of projects for Marawi City after the once sleepy lakeside town was besieged by Maute terrorists in 2017.</p><p>Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong pointed to frictions between the local government unit and the previous leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous When asked why the rehabilitation of Marawi has yet to be completed nearly a decade after its destruction.</p><p>&quot;Yung dating administration ng BARMM at ngayon hindi maganda ang partnership kaya ganito ang nangyari sa atin,&quot; Adiong said in a separate interview, without naming specific officials.</p><p>&quot;Pero with this, yung bago nating chief minister… yung nagiging partnership ng LGU sa kaniya ay maganda naman ngayon kaya unti-unti nating iimprove ang Lanao del Sur at Marawi City,&quot; he said.</p><p>Lanao del Sur is waiting for the national government to roll out a P7-billion funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for more roads and bridges to be built, the governor said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwANWvxFAmI?si=mBZMS7GgYuHfkzAF" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>The Marawi City General Hospital—a newly constructed health facility in the previously war-torn Islamic City—will be opened to the public in August, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday after he visited several projects here.</p>

The Marawi City General Hospital—a newly constructed health facility in the previously war-torn Islamic City—will be opened to the public in August, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday after he visited several projects here.

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Marawi City General Hospital to open in August 2025: Marcos Jr.

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Jun 23, 2025 01:52 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 23, 2025 07:33 PM PHT

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