@Alexia I had the same apprehensions before, kasi the first time I had a baby in Manila, I gave birth in Makati Med. When I got pregnant again a few months after we migrated here, I wanted to be in a private hospital. But friends convinced me that it would be a waste of money. So ginawa ko was to ring a public hospital and requested for a tour of the maternity block and paediatrics ward. It is well-equipped, clean. You can choose your own birthing room, you can even do a water birth kasi some birthing rooms have that facility.