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The Philippines' National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) (formerly National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons or NCWDP) is the national government agency mandated to formulate policies and coordinate the activities of all agencies, whether public or private, concerning disability issues and concerns.
In 1971, the Philippine General Hospital founded its own Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. [1] Rehabilitation medicine is a part of physiatry (also known as physical medicine and rehabilitation or PM&R), a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or ...
A memorandum of agreement was signed by February 2018 for the construction of a drug rehabilitation center in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The signatories included representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Department of Health, the Office of the President, the City Government of Malaybalay, Kitson Kho of Kinming (Xiamen) Real Estate Company, and the Friends of the ...
Whole-person specialty care, a model where a comprehensive care team works together to coordinate personalized and individualized treatment, is offering renewed hope for patients.
The recognition of PWDs is stated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Article XIII, Section 13 states that "[t]he State shall establish a special agency for disabled person for their rehabilitation, self-development, and self-reliance, and their integration into the mainstream of society."
BGH Rotunda, Kennon Road, Baguio, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines Coordinates 16°24′04″N 120°35′46″E / 16.4011°N 120.5960°E / 16.4011; 120
The Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital (DJNRMH), formerly known as Central Luzon Sanitarium, [1] and also called as the Tala Leprosarium, [2] was established in 1940, to accommodate patients with Hansen's Disease in the entire Luzon region in the Philippines.
The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (formerly known as Veterans Memorial Hospital and commonly abbreviated as VMMC) was established on November 20, 1955 with full US Government assistance under the US Veterans Administration to provide quality hospitalization, medical care and treatment to Filipino veterans as provided by U.S. public law.