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In 1907, The Philippine Commission passed Act No. 1688 which appropriated the sum of about ₱780,000.00 for the construction of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila. [2] [1] The cornerstone of the hospital was laid on February 28, 1908. The bids for the construction of the buildings were opened on July 27 and the contract was awarded to ...
"New Society Hospital"). [3] [4] The hospital was renamed again on November 12, 1986, by then Executive Secretary Joker P. Arroyo by authority of then President Corazon Aquino, to its current name through Memorandum Order No. 48. [2] The Republic Act No. 8345 signed on June 4, 1997, increased the authorized bed capacity of the hospital from 350 ...
Gomez earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of the Philippines in 1939 and Doctor of Medicine from the same university in 1944. He went to Chicago and trained in anesthesiology under Dr. Max Sadove from 1946 -1948.
First labor day in the Philippines: throughout the establishment of Congreso Obrero de Filipinas on May 1, 1913 [107] First female chief nurse and superintendent of the Philippine General Hospital: Anastacia Giron-Tupas – 1917 [108] First Balagtasan in the Philippines: took place at Instituto de Mujeres in Manila on April 6, 1924 [109]
She was one of the charter members and the first secretary of the Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society, which was founded in 1910; later that year, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis herself. In 1911, she was assigned to work at a hospital in Baguio , a city in a mountainous area, in order for the mountain air to help improve her health.
As per law, the government is obliged to establish Malasakit Centers in all hospitals under the Department of Health and the Philippine General Hospital. The legislation also authorizes the Philippine National Police to set up of such facilities. [3]
Ong started maintaining an online presence when he set up a YouTube channel in 2007, where he posts videos providing health tips and medical explainers targeted to a general audience. [8] As of November 2023, his YouTube channel "Doc Willie Ong" has 9.04 million subscribers, and is the 15th most subscribed YouTube channel in the Philippines. [10]
The former hospital staff regrouped and temporarily reopened the hospital at the Paules Frates La Salle compound at Legarda Road. Reconstruction efforts for the hospital started in September 1945 with the aid of the United States of America under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 and was completed in 1948. [3] [4]