ADVANCE #3022504 - MARY JOHNSTON HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT
Mary Johnston Hospital (MJH), a time-revered tertiary level health care provider has been serving the City of Manila for 113 years. MJH is a mission-oriented hospital institution, under the auspices of the Philippines Central Conference – United Methodist Church (PCC-UMC). Physically located in the heart of Metro Manila, it serves the most densely populated community of Tondo with a population of roughly 1.7 million covering 267 (villages) barangays. In 2016, MJH embraced a new paradigm of wellness, integrating the value of stakeholders in the faith and healing process. It introduced the framework of “Healing Together”, premised on the platform of rendering the highest quality of participative partner-building care, health education and community service. Complementing this is the introduction of several bold health innovations with the end goal of building initially a national, and later, regional Methodist health system in the next century. By 2116, we would have achieved one that recognizes the value of spiritual healing and community participation as anchors in delivering its healing ministry to all national and later regional UMC members. As such, the Methodist members find their abundant health delivered to them together with the communities they serve and live in. The UMC embraces a preaching stance: to live lovingly and justly as servants of Christ by healing the sick, feeding the hungry, caring for the stranger, freeing the oppressed; being a compassionate presence, and working to develop social structures that are consistent with the gospel. With a population of more than 108 million, the Philippines are projected to grow at a steady rate with an increasing demand for quality health care. The imperative for the MJH to ensure the health of the UMC members composed of approximately 1,700 organized churches and more than 280,000 professing and baptized members and the communities it serves will have to be realized.