Celebrating 25 Years of a Healthy Nation with Medicard Philippines

When I entered myself in the career world as a nurse, the word happy would not fit the situation where I am that time. You bet, it is very difficult for a nurse to find a job that would suit her degree. It has become a play of demand-and-supply chaos, with of course, the "supply" of nurses across the nation are very high (and increasing still) while the "demand" for them are very low.


Yes, very lucky me. 
And more luckier and more fortunate to know that I did enter myself into an institution under Medicard Philippines, the pioneer HMO industry in the country.


Medicard Philippines can be rooted back after the setback from the 1986 EDSA Revolution. The concept of health maintenance organization or HMO was alien to most Filipinos, as what the president of Medicard Dr. Nicky S. Montoya have said. Medicard was born on this pioneering and charitable vision. To form the core of the business, Dr. Montoya enlisted the help of his doctor-friends, most of whom are reputable practitioners from some of the country's most distinguished medical centers. His father, Dr. Nicanor D. Montoya believed that that if a person could just put away this small sum of money daily, he could already afford hospitalization. Its mission was simply to provide quality comprehensive healthcare services to many Filipinos, at a cost they could afford.


Medicard, which mission is to provide quality comprehensive healthcare services to Filipinos at a cost they could afford, celebrated its 25 Years of Building a Healthy Nation last May 15 at Makati Shangri La hotel, Rizal Ballroom.

Dr. Nicky S. Montoya with the 25 Faithful Medicard Awardees

Guests were greeted with impressive spread of dishes and desserts.

Medicard awarded their 25 Faithful Medicard Awardees whose employees of the companies were served under Medicard's health services.

	AWARDEES
1	Phil. Daily Inquirer
2	Toyota Motor Philippines
3	Bathala Marketing Industries Inc
4	Scopro Optical Co. Inc
5	Citibank N.A.
6	Trends & Technologies Inc
7	IBM Phils Inc
8	Phil. Star Daily Inc
9	Uptown Industrial Sales Inc
10	Alcatel Lucent Phils
11	Limtong Group of Companies
12	Manila International Freight Forwarders, Inc.
13	Megaworld Corporation
14	Healthy Options Inc
15	Republic Cement Corp (Bulacan Plant)
16	Pearl Energy Philippines Operating Inc (formerly Covanta)
17	New Trends International Corp
18	Euro Pacific Resorts Inc
19	Concrete Master Inc
20	Arcya Glass Corp
21	Landbank of the Philippines
22	GMA 7
23	Banker’s Association of the Philippines
24	Citilink
25	Manila Pavilion

Guests were serenaded by singer-celebrities. They also sang the reprise theme song of Medicard.

Also at the event, they unveiled their latest design of Medicard's corporate logo which consists of four Rx symbols that is rotated clockwise forming a single icon to convey the message to Medicard clients that they can avail of affordable medical services round the clock through its partner doctors and medical institutions.

This symbolizes its rebirth after 25 years of being a pioneering HMO in the Philippines. This logo is a part of a corporate strategy that stresses the company's brand promise of giving the best healthcare possible available. The new logo also embodies Medicard's corporate culture.


For more information about Medicard Philippines:
visit http://www.medicardphils.com/