De La Salle Health Sciences Institute
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| Motto: | "Nurturing People through healing teaching and research" |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Type: | Private |
| Religious affiliation: | Roman Catholic, Lasallian |
| President: | Br. Augustine Boquer, FSC |
| Students: | approx. 2000 |
| Location: | Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines |
| Campus: | 8 hectares |
| Hymn: | De La Salle Alma Mater Hymn |
| Mascot: | Crusader |
| Website: | www.hsc.dlsu.edu.ph |
 
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The De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI) is an institution dedicated to health care education and research located along the Congressional Road in Dasmariñas, Cavite. In was established in 1987 when the Hermano San Miguel Febres Cordero Medical Educational Foundation, Inc. acquired ownership of the Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine. In 1994 it was renamed alongside with the Medical Center as the De La Salle-Health Sciences Campus and is now a member of De La Salle Philippines. In October 2007, in order to signal the institution's drive to pursue its mission, approved the change of name into De La Salle Health Sciences Institute.
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[edit] Colleges
The campus is composed of the following colleges:
- College of Medicine
- College of Medical Radiation Technology
- College of Nursing and Midwifery
- College of Physical Therapy
[edit] De La Salle University Medical Center
The De La Salle University Medical Center (UMC) acts as the teaching hospital of DLSHSI. Owned and operated by the Hermano San Miguel Febres Cordero Medical Educational Foundation, Inc., it offers a tertiary level of medical care. The offices of the clinical departments and the full-time clinical faculty members are in this hospital. Since 1995, the expansion program allows a total of 300 beds. The De La Salle University Medical Center includes many state-of-the-art medical equipment and is the first ISO 9001 certified hospital in the Philippines. The hospital also leads other private hospitals in Cavite in setting up medical wards intended for the poor enrolled in the Cavite Governor's health reform program, Dignidad at Kalidad (DK). This program is co-sponsored by Philhealth.
[edit] History
DLSU Medical Center was initially inaugurated as a 100 bed teaching and training hospital of the then Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine (now the De La Salle-Health Sciences Campus) in 1982. In 1987, De La Salle University, under the leadership of its then President-Brother Andrew Gonzalez FSC, acquired ownership of both the college and hospital. The hospital is administered by the Sisters of Saint Paul of Charters, an apostolic religious congregation renowned for its track record in providing health services throughout the country.
It provides state-of-the-art facilities and outreach and community service. A common sight in the hospital floors are the St. Paul Sisters, hospital chaplain and the De La Salle Christian Brothers ministering to the needs of patients and their relatives. On May 11, 1992, the Department of Health awarded the Hospital for its commitment to serve the community, consistently complying with government rules with efforts worthy of emulation by others.
In 1990, a 7-storey medical arts & annex, the Raul Wu Chiu Kuan was added, increasing the bed capacity to 175. Modern equipment continued to be acquired to make DLSUMC comparable with the large hospitals in Metro Manila. A state-of the art Pulmonary Unit, Hemodialysis Unit, 12-bed Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Laboratory, CT Scan, Echo-Doppler, Ultrasonography and MRI are just some of the features of the medical center. In 1996, the hospital occupancy consistently hit the high 90’s—a tribute to the hospital’s growing reputation in the region.
Last August 28, 1997 another important milestone was celebrated in this town with the inauguration of the 10-storey hospital annex building, the De La Salle University-Doña Teodorica Favis De Rivero Hall.
[edit] University-status issue
The institute has used the "University" title when the DLSU System was established. Using DLSU-Manila's university charter, this caused confusion in DLS-HSC and the DLSU System. As a measure, Br. Armin Luistro, president of the DLSU System, ordered that all other member tertiary schools not bearing their own charters (namely, Dasmariñas, College of Saint Benilde, Health Sciences Campus, and Canlubang) have the name "University" removed from all correspondences and labels, until they have procured their respective charters.
[edit] External links
- De La Salle Health Sciences Institute
- De La Salle University - Medical Center
- DLSU-HSC Angelo King Medical Research Center
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