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Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital was established in June 1927 as a treatment station for leprosy patients. On May 30, 2005, through Administrative Order 2005-0013, WVS expanded its services from a leprosarium to a general hospital, providing five major services: Medical, Surgical, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics.
In 1982, under Batas Pambansa (BP) Bilang 640, IPH was reclassified as a regional hospital and renamed Western Visayas Regional Hospital, with plantilla personnel increased to 247. On April 27, 1984, through Batas Pambansa Blg. 825, the hospital was renamed Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC). In April 1988, the Pototan Mental Health Unit in ...
Sara District Hospital Sara LGU Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital: Sta. Barbara DOH Retained Don Valerio Palmares, Sr. Memorial District Hospital Passi City LGU Valladolid District Hospital Valladolid LGU Bago City Hospital Bago City LGU Cadiz District Hospital Cadiz City LGU Vicente Gustilo District Hospital Escalante City LGU
On July 3, 1984, it was reclassified into a regional hospital by virtue of Ministry of Health Administrative Order No. 95 and was renamed Western Visayas Regional Hospital. The name of the hospital was further changed to Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital as it appeared in the General Appropriation Act of 1985.
In May 1987, the hospital became the West Visayas State University Hospital. The Department of Health Bureau of Licensing and Regulation authorized the University Hospital to operate as a 150-bed tertiary training hospital with 100 beds for service/charity patients (25 for Surgery, 25 for Medicine, 25 for OB/Gyne, 25 for Pediatrics) and 50 beds ...
Poverty incidence of Western Visayas 10 20 30 40 2006 29.08 2009 30.80 2012 29.14 2015 24.60 2018 16.32 2021 13.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Western Visayas is the sixth largest economy in the Philippines, comprising three major sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fishery; services; and industry. Iloilo City serves as the region's economic hub. Other major trading and commercial ...
At the time, addicts were lucky to find a hospital bed to detox in. A hundred years ago, the federal government began the drug war with the Harrison Act, which effectively criminalized heroin and other narcotics. Doctors were soon barred from addiction maintenance, until then a common practice, and hounded as dope peddlers.
In July 2020, the West Visayas State University College of Law was established, the first public law school in Western Visayas. The following year, it opened its College of Dentistry, the second public university (after UP Manila), and the first public college outside of Manila, to offer a program in dentistry.