Is CCMC operating without occupancy permit?

CEBU City, Philippines — The new constructing of the Cebu Town Health care Center (CCMC) lately opened its 2nd and 3rd flooring to in-clients on September 18, 2021, following yrs of design.

The CCMC Administration mentioned they have devised a transfer system for the non-COVID-19 individuals and amenities from the short term facility in the previous Bureau Fireplace Protection (BFP) constructing to the 2nd and third floors.  The to start with flooring of the new CCMC setting up is for outpatient products and services.

But Cebuano businessman Arturo Barrit questioned in a Facebook article why the CCMC is presently applied when it has no occupancy permit yet.

Barrit, who has come to be an outspoken critic of the city administration, also lately referred to as the awareness of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to the doable graft and corruption scenarios with the city’s procurement of foods packages from a area caterer.

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The businessman claimed that CCMC could not be protected for the clients since as of September 21, 2021, the setting up has no good occupancy permit or Certificate of Occupancy.

“Catalan boasted for speedier processing of building and occupancy permits thanks to the use of OBO Facts Procedure V2, a electronic technique of approving permits. But a reliable resource from his business confided that the metropolis-run medical center has not been issued an occupancy allow. In either situation, then, there is no these kinds of factor as a partial or short-term occupancy allow. That is illegal,” explained Barrit.

The Place of work of the Constructing Formal (OBO) verified that CCMC still does not have an occupancy permit as it is nonetheless becoming processed.

Because the CCMC is managed by the town government, the processing of the allow is now an inner procedure and is currently staying undertaken by the Office of Engineering and General public Will work (DEPW).

“Actually on likely pa siguro na silag file. For the report, wala pa miy nadawat as of now, pero nag inform nako sa atong admin, sa Business office of the Mayor, ug sa atong engineering nga magapply na sila,” stated Constructing Formal, Architect Catalan.

Catalan said that technically, the creating really should not be occupied but because of the pandemic and the need to have for place for COVID-19 sufferers, it is understandable that the city will use all its offered assets.

He explained there is a diploma of thought due to the fact of the urgent require for hospital area.

Nevertheless, he assured that the creating is secure due to the fact each week there is an inspection of the facility and the DEPW has an onsite staff that is supervising the building of the remaining floors.

“Safe ra gyod na kay naa ra person atong engineers pirmi didto,” he said.

City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr., stated the occupancy allow is presently below method and the public do not will need to fret about the basic safety of the developing.

/bmjo

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