TMC South Luzon’s Dr. Cesar Espiritu Bags CEO of the Year Award-Gold Winner in Hospital Management Asia 2024

Attended by more than 1,100 participants, Dr. Espiritu accepted the HMA 2024 CEO of the Year award with much pleasure and shared it with the entire TMC South Luzon community. Together with Dr. Espiritu at the HMA 2024 Awarding Ceremony were TMC South Luzon officers and department heads composed of Dr. Earl Richardson Q. Chua, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne V. Marie Espiritu, Chairperson of Department of ORL – Head and Neck Surgery, Ms. Rosybelle D. Miclat, Chief Finance Officer, Arnold M. Maniebo, Director of Nursing, Ms. Jan Clarizze S. Alberto, Head of Marketing, Communications, and Patient Experience, and Ms. Kamille A. Cuadra, Quality, Innovation, Safety, and Data Privacy Department Consultant.

Inspiring Creativity in the Workplace

His winning entry as CEO that bested three (3) CEOs from other Asian countries focused on the human element in healthcare services. It adopted a unique style of leadership that proved to be a success factor in leading TMC South Luzon. Being an artist, Dr. Espiritu encouraged TMC South Luzon staff to be innovative and creative. His leadership style as described in his entry of “Inspiring Creativity in the Workplace,” is anchored on the following programs – Work-Life Balance aimed at achieving teamwork and communication with employee engagement activities like Team Building and Summer Outings, Fitness or Zumba for Staff, Sports Clubs, Urban Gardening, Volunteerism; and Creativity, Skills, and Innovation Enhancement Programs such as Innovation Projects – My Robot Contest, Parade of Talents – TMC South Luzon Singing Ambassadors and Dance Troupe, Parade of Art – Photos and Artworks of TMC South Luzon staff as wall displays at TMC South Luzon Rooms and, Parade of Beauties (Mr. and Ms. TMC SL Nurse), Parade of Festivities – Dance Contests and Christmas Tree Making Contests.

Dr. Espiritu started his term as President and CEO of TMC South Luzon in 2019 and encountered many challenges, from the need to improve its financial bottom line, the pandemic, and nursing staff hiring difficulties, to keeping pace with the changing demand for healthcare services. However, these did not hinder Dr. Espiritu’s efforts for TMC South Luzon to thrive to where it is now with inspired and dedicated medical staff and employees.

This was made possible with TMC South Luzon’s active employee engagement with assured quality service delivery and desired patient satisfaction. As Dr. Espiritu said in accepting the CEO of the Year Gold Award for HMA 2024 —

“The award is an affirmation that even in the current times when so much is talked about and resources dedicated to technology in healthcare, the human component is still recognized as the most important in delivering the excellent service that we all aim for.”

Watch Dr. Espiritu talk about this. https://youtu.be/iw6BBDyXi1o