De La Salle University Medical Center (Dasmariñas City)

 hospital, medical centre, training 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.[citation needed] 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).

History

The De La Salle University 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 University Health Sciences Institute) in 1982. In 1987, The De La Salle University system run by the Brothers of the Christian Schools acquired ownership of both the college and hospital. The hospital is administer by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, an apostolic religious congregation renowned for its track record in providing health services throughout the country.

DLSUMC is committed to the provision of care of persons seeking promotive, preventive, diagnostic, curative and rehabilitative services with a Christian touch. It provides state-of-the-art facilities and outreach community service (20% of its beds are devoted to charity services). It strives for excellence in the provision of health care by treating the whole person and not just his or her disease.

A common sight in the hospital floors are the ever patient sisters, hospital chaplain and La Salle brother ministering to the needs of patients and their relatives, 24 hours a day. 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 4-storey annex, the Raul Wu Chiu Kuan Building was added, increasing the bed capacity to 175. Modern equipment continued to be acquired to make DLSUMC comparable with any of the large hospitals in Metro Manila. A stete-of-the-art pulmonary Unit, Hemodialysis Unit, 12-bed Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Laboratory, CT Scan, Echo-Doppler, Ultrasonography 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 hospitals 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.

In 1999, De La Salle University Medical Center gained the distinction of being the first hospital in the Philippines to have been awarded an ISO 9001-Certification. In 2005, DLSUMC received another ISO Certification on Environment Management System, the ISO 14001
Address: Congressional Avenue, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines
Webpage: www.dlshsi.edu.ph/dlsumc.php
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