A hundred years of hospital-based health care services
Abstract
This year, the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is celebrating its centennial as a hospital. What is now SPMC used to be called Davao Hospital in 1917. It started as the provincial hospital of Davao Province—or today’s Region XI (Davao Region)—under the supervision of Dr. J. D. Long, the Bureau of Health (BOH) director at that time. At 100 years old, SPMC is the oldest government-owned hospital in Davao Region. Read more...
Published
Jul 19, 2017
Section
Editorial
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