Iloilo Mission Hospital

Iloilo Mission Hospital
Central Philippine University - Iloilo Mission Hospital
Geography
Location 1 Mission Road
Jaro, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Western Visayas, PH Philippines
Coordinates 10°42′51″N 122°33′37″E / 10.71423°N 122.56019°E
Organisation
Care system Private
Hospital type Private, Academic, Tertiary, Teaching
Affiliated university Central Philippine University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Central Philippine University College of Medicine
Services
Standards Tertiary Care
Beds 230-500~
History
Founded 1901 as Union Mission Hospital (The first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines and in Asia)
Links
Other links List of hospitals in the Philippines, Central Philippine University, Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches

Coordinates: 10°42′51″N 122°33′37″E / 10.71423°N 122.56019°E

Iloilo Mission Hospital (also referred to as Mission Hospital, Mission or IMH) is a private tertiary, training and teaching hospital located in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. It was established in 1901 by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Hall, missionaries of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board, and has the distinction as the first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines and in Asia[1]

Iloilo Mission Hospital serves as the university hospital of Central Philippine University. [2]Iloilo Mission Hospital serves as a teaching and training hospital for the community in general and the university for Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Physical Therapy, Medical Social Work, Pharmacy, Nutrition and Dietetics, while the College of Theology (for its chaplaincy program).[3][4]

Iloilo Mission Hospital is accredited also for residency training program in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and with Family Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Elmer Pedregosa serves as the current Hospital Director. Although founded by the Presbyterian missionaries, it is subsequently affiliated with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, but independent.

History

Iloilo Mission Hospital old main building circa 1930's

Iloilo Mission Hospital started from a humble beginning.[5] In 1901, through the efforts of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Hall, missionaries of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board, a temporary bamboo clinic was erected at Calle Amparo (now Ledesma Street), Iloilo City, to serve as a venue for the treatment of health care to the very poor. This was made possible because Andrew Hall was a doctor and his wife was a nurse. Like other professions, nursing in the Philippines evolved from the apprenticeship system. The apprentice system laid the foundation upon which the Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses (then Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing until it was transferred to Central Philippine College and became Central Philippine College-College of Nursing and now Central Philippine University College of Nursing) was built and after which other schools of nursing were patterned.

Central Philippine University - Iloilo Mission Hospital logo
Medical Arts Building of Iloilo Mission Hospital

In 1905, a lot was purchased on Iznart Street, and in March of the following year, a new hospital was opened to take the place of the bamboo clinic. The first training school for nurses in the Philippines was officially opened with three young women offering to help the Halls. This is the first School of Nursing in the Philippines which started in 1906 and produced the three graduate nurses in 1909. Now, the School of Nursing was transferred at Central Philippine University.

In 1907, an American Baptist Missionary, Dr. Raphael C. Thomas joined the staff. It was renamed Union Hospital. By 1920, the hospital expanded to a seventy beds. By this time the School of Nursing was registered with the government.

In 1924, the American Baptists were given full charge of the hospital and it was renamed the Iloilo Mission Hospital. More space was needed and land was purchased in the Jaro District and with the help of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and the local community the new building was completed in 1931. The entire hospital staff and patients were then moved onto the new site. With the improvement of the hospital’s occupancy additional extensions have been added and it now has a capacity of 230 bed, tertiary and teaching hospital.

In 2001, the hospital celebrated its centennial with yearlong activities. A four storey Centennial Building was also inaugurated that year. In 2007, the old Nurses' Home was demolished to give way to the new Medical Arts Building. The building was completed and inaugurated in 2009. Recent Expansion includes a 7 storey glass design Iloilo Mission Hospital Medical Center (IMH Medical Center) with state-of-the-art facilities


CPU-IMH College of Nursing Logo

Services

References

  1. ↑ Klein, Amanda (1915). The Union Mission Hospital at Iloilo, Philippine Islands. The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 227-229
  2. ↑ Klein, Amanda (1915). The Union Mission Hospital at Iloilo, Philippine Islands. The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 227-229
  3. ↑ "Iloilo Mission Hospital supports the academic institution by serving as its base facility for the internship programs and medical care of the colleges and schools of CPU." Retrieved 05-01-12
  4. ↑ "Iloilo Mission Hospital". Retrieved 05-01-2012
  5. ↑ Pedregosa, Elmer (2001). History of Iloilo Mission Hospital

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