 The award was presented in ceremonies at the Plaza Athenee Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, to the hospital director Dr. Christia Padolina and surgery department head Dr. Reynaldo Joson.It bested 166 projects from 55 hospitals in 11 countries, and it is also the first public hospital to win in the "Asian Hospital Management Awards".A year later, the OMMC Department of Surgery was awarded 1st Runner-up in the "2005 Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards" for the "Best Workplace Practices Category" for its "Conducive Practice Program for Surgical Residents".