Bogo prov’l hospital gets 3-Green-Star rating

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THE Cebu Provincial Hospital-Bogo City (CPH-Bogo) earned a three-Green-Star rating from the Department of Health (DOH) for its efforts to make healthcare delivery more environmentally sustainable, safe and resilient.

The rating followed a Green Viability Assessment (GVA) validation conducted by the DOH on Sept. 2, 2026, which evaluated the hospital against standards for green and safe health facilities.

A three-star rating indicates that CPH-Bogo demonstrated an above-average level of practice in measures aimed at making the facility greener, safer, more sustainable and better prepared for environmental and climate-related challenges.

The assessment covers more than the physical appearance of a hospital or the presence of greenery. It examines how health facilities manage their operations, resources, patients, workers and environmental risks.

Among the areas evaluated is governance, including how green and safe practices are incorporated into hospital policies, management systems and daily operations.

The GVA also examines energy efficiency, water efficiency, sanitation and hygiene, as well as healthcare waste management. These areas assess how facilities use resources responsibly and handle healthcare waste in ways that reduce risks to people and the environment.

Environmental resilience is another component, focusing on a facility’s ability to prepare for and withstand environmental and climate-related risks.

The assessment also covers site sustainability, material sustainability and indoor environmental quality.

The standards form part of the DOH Green and Safe Health Facilities initiative, which aims to help health facilities reduce their environmental footprint while maintaining safe and quality healthcare services.

DOH documents identify the GVA as a mechanism for assessing green, safe and climate-resilient practices in health facilities.

For CPH-Bogo, hospital officials attributed the result to the collective work of personnel who prepared the facility and worked to meet the assessment requirements.

Hospital officials credited Dr. Zoraida Yurango for leading the effort and recognized the cooperation of employees involved in the different areas evaluated.

“Healthcare is not only about treating illness. It is also about creating facilities that protect our patients, our healthcare workers, our communities, and our environment,” Capitol Health Consultant Dr. Nikki Catalan-Viscayno said.

Catalan-Viscayno said the rating reflects both the hospital leadership and the participation of the entire CPH-Bogo workforce in advancing sustainable healthcare practices.

The province has also been strengthening the hospital’s workforce, with about 80 healthcare workers at CPH-Bogo recently taking their oaths as regular, promoted and appointed employees of the Cebu provincial government.

The workers include nurses, medical technologists, radiologic technologists, nursing attendants and midwives.

Gov. Pamela Baricuatro said the appointments recognized the workers’ years of service, patience and sacrifice and urged them to remain committed to serving the public.

CPH-Bogo chief Dr. Zoraiza Yorango said another batch of hospital workers is expected to be regularized.

The move follows a similar oath taking in Balamban in August, where about 118 healthcare workers took their oaths for regular positions as part of the province’s continuing effort to strengthen its healthcare workforce.

Among the personnel identified as focal persons for the GVA were Chief Nurse and infection prevention and control focal person Ciribiribin Logarta and Assistant Chief Nurse Marphy Limalima.

Also involved were Pollution Control Officer and healthcare waste management and safety focal person Engr. Jerry Mangubat, disaster risk reduction and management in health manager Stephen Arcay, and administrative officer Milgen Rañises.(MyTVCebu)