$1-M medical park to rise in Clark Freeport

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga — A “medical park”, to initially cost $1 million, will be established at this freeport.

This, even as the Clark Development Corp. (CDC), which runs this freeport, also bared that it signed recently with long-time freeport investor Berthaphil a $1-million lease agreement that will pave the way for the development of a 58-hectare area here into a suppliers’ park for Texas Instruments (TI) — one of the leading microchips manufacturer in the world which is now constructing a $1-billion facility here.

The CDC said that “Berthaphil has already guaranteed 12 multinational firms, suppliers, and business partners of TI of space in its industrial park even while construction of the TI facility is still in progress in this freeport.”

 It said that the suppliers are expected to infuse about $40 million worth of investments here and also export some of their products worth some $20 million annually once TI is in full operation. They are also expected to create 2,000 new jobs.

The CDC also said that Berthaphil and Ardi Health Services, Inc., have signed an agreement for the medical park that will feature “hi-tech facilities and prioritize services for CDC and Clark freeport employees”.

The CDC said Ardi Health Services will manage various centers that will provide ambulatory care services, dialysis, general services, and dental and eye care at the park.

“The centers will have no less than 10 dialysis machines while the entire facility will be manned by at least 20 specialists,” said Dr. Cenon Alfonso, president and chief executive officer of Ardi Health Services.

Alfonso said the medical facility will rise on a 2,000-square meter area within the Berthaphil III business park.

The CDC said the accord was signed by Alfonso, Berthaphil president and general manager Elizabeth Castro, and was witnessed by newly appointed CDC president Benigno Ricafort and Berthaphil US representative Peter Herman.