San Lazaro Hospital (Manila)
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hospital, training center
San Lazaro Hospital (SLH) is a referral facility for Infectious/ Communicable Diseases. It is one of the retained special tertiary hospital of the Department of Health (DOH) which is subsidized by the national government.
The hospital has a 500-bed capacity that provides free health care delivery service particularly among the depressed, underserved and underprivileged sectors of the society. Since 1986, cases of HIV/AIDS were admitted to this hospital.
SLH was founded in 1577 as a dispensary clinic in Intramuros by Spanish Frey Juan Clemente. It became a hospital in 1578 for patient suffering from leprosy and other diseases.
In 1784, SLH was relocated to Hacienda Mayhaligue, the present site, through a Royal Decree from the King of Spain. A chapel was built and its premises enclosed with stone walls by Frey Felix Huerta in 1859.
The American run the hospital in 1898 as a contagious disease hospital, after 320 years of Spanish governance.
It was only in 1918 that Filipinos started operating the hospital. From 1930-31, insane patients were transferred to National Mental Hospital ( National Center for Mental Health). In 1949, patients with leprosy were located to Tala Leprosarium, now Jose N. Rodriquez Memorial Hospital.
Address: Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila
Telephone: (632) 732-3776 to 78
Webpage: www.doh.gov.ph/slh/
Infolink: en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=San_Lazaro_General...
The hospital has a 500-bed capacity that provides free health care delivery service particularly among the depressed, underserved and underprivileged sectors of the society. Since 1986, cases of HIV/AIDS were admitted to this hospital.
SLH was founded in 1577 as a dispensary clinic in Intramuros by Spanish Frey Juan Clemente. It became a hospital in 1578 for patient suffering from leprosy and other diseases.
In 1784, SLH was relocated to Hacienda Mayhaligue, the present site, through a Royal Decree from the King of Spain. A chapel was built and its premises enclosed with stone walls by Frey Felix Huerta in 1859.
The American run the hospital in 1898 as a contagious disease hospital, after 320 years of Spanish governance.
It was only in 1918 that Filipinos started operating the hospital. From 1930-31, insane patients were transferred to National Mental Hospital ( National Center for Mental Health). In 1949, patients with leprosy were located to Tala Leprosarium, now Jose N. Rodriquez Memorial Hospital.
Address: Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila
Telephone: (632) 732-3776 to 78
Webpage: www.doh.gov.ph/slh/
Infolink: en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=San_Lazaro_General...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 14°36'52"N 120°58'50"E
- Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center 1.6 km
- Quezon Institute 3.3 km
- St. Luke's Medical Center - Quezon City 4.6 km
- Philippine Children's Medical Center 7.4 km
- Veterans Memorial Medical Center 7.8 km
- Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center (AFPMC) (V. Luna General Hospital) 7.8 km
- Philippine Lung Center 7.8 km
- Quirino Memorial Medical Center 10 km
- Mother and Child Care Hospital 17 km
- Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital (Tala Hospital) 19 km
- Department of Health 0.1 km
- Santa Cruz 0.6 km
- PNR Tutuban Station 0.8 km
- Tutuban Center 1.1 km
- Divisoria 1.4 km
- San Nicolas 1.9 km
- Binondo 2 km
- Tondo 2.5 km
- Port of Manila 3.2 km
- Manila Bay 22 km
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