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63-481: When West Visayas State College become a university through a presidential decree in 1986, the need for the university to have a laboratory hospital for its college of medicine students paved the way, resulting in 1987, for the government to purchase the Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital (Don Benito Lopez Hospital), turning it into West Visayas State University Medical Center. On November 29, 2001,

126-661: A 900 million Philippine Peso grant for infrastructural expansion. 600 million Philippine peso has been allocated to WVSU Medical Center which include a 3-storey DOH partnered WVSU Cancer Center for Western Visayas and the 10 storey WVSU Lung and Heart Center for Region VI, poising the hospital for its plans years before to become the Philippine General Hospital of the South. During the onslaught of COVID 2019 global pandemic, WVSU Medical Center and Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) as government hospitals had been designated by

189-683: A Memorandum of Agreement with WVSU for the establishment of the WVSU Himamaylan City Extension in 2006 which was later elevated to external campus from being an extension campus. Meanwhile, two new degree-granting units were also opened in the University: the Institute of Information and Communications Technology (IICT) in 2002 and the Institute of Management (IM) in 2006 which later became the College of Business and Management (2010). In 2007,

252-465: A Project Proposal to upgrade WVSU Hospital to become a Medical Center envisioned as " Philippine General Hospital of the South." The University Hospital already has accredited residency-training programs in Surgery, OB-Gyne, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, and Anesthesiology. For several years the hospital exceeded the 200-bed occupancy for its average daily census. In April 2000,

315-719: A blueprint, at the time, one of the best medical schools in the world. By 1909, nursing instruction was also begun at the Philippine Normal School . In terms of public health, the Americans improved on the sewer system and provided a safer water supply. In 1915, the Bureau of Health was reorganized and renamed into the Philippine Health Service. During the succeeding years leadership and a number of health institutions were already being given to Filipinos, in accordance with

378-737: Is a public normal research university located in La Paz, Iloilo City , Western Visayas region of the Philippines . It was established in 1924 as Iloilo Normal School under the tutelage of the Thomasites , but dates back its founding in 1902 as a part of Philippine normal school system with Iloilo National High School established by the American colonial government . It later became West Visayas State College in 1965 and acquired its university status becoming West Visayas State University in 1986. The university

441-719: Is a member of the National Network of Quality Assurance Agencies, Inc. (NNQAA) in the Philippines. AACCUP and PAASCU are both members of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) based in Hong Kong; and International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) based in Dublin, Ireland. West Visayas State University is one of the first institutions to have its academic programs accredited to higher levels having surpassed

504-513: Is also tertiary, teaching and training hospital of a state university, the University of the Philippines Manila . Department of Health (Philippines) The Department of Health ( DOH ; Filipino : Kagawaran ng Kalusugan ) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through

567-429: Is assigned as president while Dr. C. L. Mullins is assigned as assistant surgeon. The purpose of this Board of Health was to care for injured American troops but as the hostilities between Filipinos and Americans waned in 1901, a civilian Board of Health was now deemed appropriate with Dr. L. M. Maus as the first health commissioner. In the early 1900s, 200,222 lives including 66,000 children were lost; three percent of

630-477: Is composed of bureaus, services & program offices, under the following clusters: Office of the Secretary – Proper (OSEC) 1. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth); 2. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); West Visayas State University West Visayas State University ( WVSU , referred to colloquially by locals as West ; Filipino : Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Kanlurang Bisayas )

693-649: Is one of the accredited Philippine Universities of the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific and one of the most prominent institutions in the Philippines in the field of Teacher Education , Nursing and Medicine . The West Visayas State University (WVSU) system is composed of the main campus, six external campuses (which are distinct from the main campus) and the WVSU Medical Center . The La Paz (main campus)

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756-564: Is organized with an integrated laboratory school and twelve degree granting tertiary schools and colleges. In the collegiate level studies, the academic programs the university offers include Agriculture , Arts and Sciences , Biology , Business Management , Cooperatives Management, Forestry , Hospitality Management , Information and Communications Technology , Mass Communication , Medicine , Nursing , Operations Management , Political Science , Public Administration , Physical Education, Teacher Education and Tourism . The Law program of

819-487: Is our duty, in serving the public, to extend basic healthcare protection to all our people. That is why we pushed for the augmentation of the PhilHealth’s budget so that in 2017, we achieve universal healthcare coverage,” she said. Legarda said universal healthcare coverage means that any non-member of PhilHealth will automatically be made a member upon availing healthcare service in a public hospital. In early January 2020,

882-464: The Department of Health of the Philippines - Bureau of Health Facilities and Services and the university's Board of Regents through approved the hospital's conversion to West Visayas State University Medical Center. A Level III public hospital, WVSU Medical Center healthcare services include out-patient, in-patient, ancillary and allied health medical services. It also serves as a laboratory hospital for

945-733: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The INS became the West Visayas State College by virtue of R.A. 4189 on May 4, 1965, and commenced the offering of the bachelor's degree in education for both elementary and secondary teaching, Bachelor of arts; Master in Education. Also established were the Graduate School and the College of Arts and Sciences, (and consequently the Secondary Laboratory School) offering courses in

1008-759: The Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) as National Center of Excellence in Teacher Education and National Center of Development in Nursing Education, while the Lambunao Campus as National Centers of Development in Agriculture and Forestry. WVSU is accredited by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) and Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). The AACCUP

1071-517: The Department of Health (Philippines) as COVID 2019 dedicated hospitals for Western Visayas region. WVMC is the sole COVID 2019 sub-national laboratory in Region 6. Presently, WVSU Medical Center, being a unit of West Visayas State University , is not under the Department of Health of the Philippines ; however its policies and procedures are patterned after DOH and Philippine General Hospital (PGH) which

1134-1431: The Philippine government did respond to the pandemic . It was heavily criticized by DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III . At present, the Department is headed by the Secretary of Health , with ten undersecretaries ( 9 official appointment and 1 OIC status ) and six assistant secretaries ( 5 official appointment and 1 OIC status ) heading the following teams: Executive Committee Secretary of Health DR. TEODORO J. HERBOSA Undersecretaries of Health DR. ABDULLAH B. DUMAMA, JR., MPA, CESO I DR. MARIA ROSARIO S. VERGEIRE, MPH, CESO II MR. ACHILLES GERARD C. BRAVO, CESO II DR. GLENN MATHEW G. BAGGAO, MHA, MSN, FPSMS, FPCHA DR. EMMIE LIZA PEREZ-CHIONG DR. ELMER G. PUNZALAN MS. MA. CAROLINA VIDAL-TAIÑO, CPA, MGM, CESO I DR. KENNETH G. RONQUILLO, MPHM, CESO III DR. MARY ANN PALERMO-MAESTRAL, MBA-HA, FPPS, CHA, FPCHA OIC-Undersecretary of Health DR. GLORIA J. BALBOA, MD, MPH, MHA, CEO VI, CESO III Assistant Secretary of Health DR. ARIEL I. VALENCIA, MPH, CESO III MS. MAYLENE M. BELTRAN, MPA, CESO III ATTY. FRANCES MAE CHERRYL K. ONTALAN ATTY. CHARADE B. MERCADO-GRANDE, MPSA ATTY. PAOLO S. TESTON OIC-Assistant Secretary of Health DR. ALBERT FRANCIS E. DOMINGO, MSC Bureaus and offices The DOH

1197-513: The 1940s, the Bureau of Health was reorganized into the Department of Health and Public Welfare, still under Fabella. During this time, the major priorities of the agency were tuberculosis , malnutrition , malaria , leprosy , gastrointestinal disease, and the high infant mortality rate . When the Japanese occupied the Philippines, they dissolved the National Government and replaced it with

1260-568: The American regime. It was one of the five tributary schools created to address the need to train Filipino teachers under the tutelage of the Thomasites . In 1916, it was a secondary school, an adjunct with the Iloilo High School complete with elementary and training departments. In 1924, with the completion of its main building (now Quezon Hall) and laboratory school building, Iloilo Normal School

1323-553: The Central Administrative Organization of the Japanese Army . Health was relegated to the Department of Education, Health and Public Welfare under Commissioner Claro M. Recto . In 1944, President Manuel Roxas signed Executive Order (E.O.) No. 94 into law, calling for the creation of the Department of Health. Dr. Antonio C. Villarama as appointed Secretary. A new Bureau of Hospitals and a Bureau of Quarantine

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1386-756: The College became the West Visayas State University, integrating the Iloilo National College of Agriculture (INCA) into its system. In 1987, the University acquired the Don Benito V. Lopez Memorial Hospital which became the WVSU Hospital, a 150-bed tertiary, teaching and training hospital. The University further established in 1993, the Sports, Athletics , and Cultural Arts Center which later became

1449-576: The College of Medicine a revised organizational structure which gave the Dean of the College of Medicine governance of the University Hospital and a non-voting seat in the Board of Regent when matters pertaining to the College of Medicine and the University Hospital were presented. The Associate Dean - Clinics was delegated the day to day supervision and administration of the University Hospital. In January 1991,

1512-868: The Higher Education Modernization Act (1997) brought more developments in the University. In 2000, four CHED-supervised schools in Calinog , Janiuay , Lambunao , and Pototan were integrated into the WVSU System. The University Distance Education program through the Diploma in Teaching (DIT) course began in Summer 2003. By 2005, the Local Government Unit of Himamaylan in Negros Occidental entered into

1575-568: The Organic Act of 1916. On January 1, 1919, Dr. Vicente De Jesus became the first Filipino to head the Health portfolio. In 1933, after a reorganization, the Philippine Health Service reverted to being known as the Bureau of Health. It was during this time that it pursued its official journal, The Health Messenger and established Community Health and Social Centers, precursors to today's Barangay Health Centers. By 1936, as Governor-General Frank Murphy

1638-653: The Philippine Women's College. Thereafter, the Lopez family bought the property to the college converting it to Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital, the base hospital for the medical and allied health sciences of the family run Iloilo City College which eventually became the University of Iloilo at present. In February 1982, Former Vice President Fernando Lopez offered the Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital for lease/sale. President Lilia V. Juele, then President of

1701-637: The Philippines on the main campus's Quezon Hall. In February 2008, the university hosted an international research conference in Iloilo City, in conjunction with its year-long centennial celebration. 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

1764-493: The Philippines (AACCUP) Inc. WVSU College of Nursing had three of the top scorers on the 2014 Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE), and the school posted a 100% passing rate in the June 2016 NLE plus five top scorers. With the 100% passing rate, WVSU retains its record, for the fourth consecutive year, as Number 1 performing school in the NLE in the country. Also at present, WVSU is one of

1827-417: The Philippines confirmed its first case of Novel coronavirus disease . Two months later, the Philippines implemented national lockdowns, mask mandate , and social distancing . In February 2021, COVID-19 vaccines reached the Philippines and began to the administered. The Department of Health was criticized in a 2021 study saying that the Philippines was 2nd to the last in the world in terms by how effective

1890-548: The President of the University. It is an august body and works for the best interest of the University. Vital Signs is the official publication of the West Visayas State University - College of Medicine. It was founded in 1989. It is located on the 1st floor of Roxas Hall, the WVSU - College of Medicine building. The West Visayas State University system is composed of the main campus in La Paz, Iloilo City , six external campuses, and

1953-462: The Residency Training programs of the four (4) major clinical departments- Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics were accredited. In March 1992, Dr. Ramon S. Guerra, Jr., assumed the position as Chief of Hospital II, as provided for in the organizational structure of the University Hospital. In 1993, the Board of Regents approved Resolution No. 85 series 1993

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2016-532: The Senate committee on finance said that the proposed ₱3.35-trillion national budget for 2017 will provide healthcare assistance to all Filipinos, and an additional ₱3 billion was allocated to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to ensure coverage for all Filipinos. “The Department of Health (DOH) said there are some eight million Filipinos still not covered by PhilHealth. It

2079-478: The Third Floor Annex was opened with 4 suite rooms, 18 single air-conditioned private rooms and 3 wards (4 male, 4 female and pediatric patients). The average occupancy rate of the hospital for year 2000 was 122% of the authorized 150 beds. In the middle of January 2001, the University Hospital opened its Fourth Floor with 7 suite rooms and 19 air-conditioned private rooms. There is also an ongoing renovation of

2142-513: The University Hospital, last July 17, 2001, Dir. Ramon S. Guerra, Jr., requested for an increase in the bed capacity of the West Visayas State University Hospital from 150 beds to 300 beds. This request was made in the desire to make this institution the best training ground for students and resident physicians, nurses and other paramedical groups, at the same time to render quality service to patients, not only of Iloilo, but

2205-470: The University is vested upon the Board of Regents of the West Visayas State University as constituted by P.D. no. 2019 and P.D. no. 1437. The Board of Regents exercise policy-making function in accordance with general policies, plans and programs on education as formulated by the Government. The administration and the exercise of the University corporate powers are vested exclusively in the Board of Regents and

2268-573: The West Visayas State College took cognizance of the offer and recommended the purchase to the Minister of Education and Culture. On May 7, 1982 the Board of Trustees, governing body of West Visayas State College, through Referendum No. 1 s. 1982 unanimously approved the request for the acquisition of the Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital. Although the contract of sale was made between West Visayas State College through President Lilia V. Juele and Lopez family through former Vice President Fernando Lopez, however it

2331-691: The clinical training of WVSU's nursing and medicine students. It is subsequently forms as an auxiliary unit under the West Visayas State University but is autonomous in entity and management. In the 1940s World War II, the Cacho family, an Ilonggo family of Spanish origin, rebuilt the family's power distribution business, the Panay Electric Company (PECO), by selling the family's property in Calle Eugenio Lopez (Eugenio Lopez St.) to

2394-449: The degree-granting PESCAR Institute and later PESCAR College in 2000. In 1993, the Department of Mass Communications became the degree-granting Institute of Mass Communications , which was later converted into a College in 2000. In 2001, the Board of Regents and the Department of Health (DOH) approved the conversion of the WVSU Hospital to WVSU Medical Center that it is now. The enactment of

2457-425: The first health minister. On April 13, 1987, the Department of Health was created from the previous Ministry of Health with Dr. Alfredo R. A. Bengzon as secretary of health. On December 17, 2016, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-Ubial announced that in 2017 the government will start paying the hospital bills and medicines of poor Filipinos. She said that the Department of Health (DOH) is capable of taking care of

2520-415: The first public college outside of Manila, to offer a program in dentistry. The university is organized into twelve academic granting units offering courses from grade school all the way to post-graduate education. Established as early as 1902, WVSU wasn't an independent and distinct institution until 1924 when it was formally founded as Iloilo Normal School. The main campus (La Paz) has been designated by

2583-508: The first public institution of higher learning in Western Visayas. WVSU was awarded three stars by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Stars in 2021. It is the second university in Western Visayas to be ranked by QS, after Central Philippine University . In the QS Asian University Rankings 2025, WVSU was ranked in the 901+ range, and it was ranked 169th in the QS Asian University Rankings for Southeast Asia in 2025. The governance of

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2646-502: 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 for pay patients. In 1988, the Department of Education Culture and Sports handed to

2709-572: The hospital bills and medicines of poor Filipinos owing to its bigger budget starting in 2017. A total of ₱96.336 billion was allocated to the DOH in the 2017 national budget, which includes funds for the construction of additional health facilities and drug rehabilitation centers. Ubial said poor patients in government hospitals do not even have to present PhilHealth cards when they avail of assistance. She added that poor patients will no longer be billed by government hospitals. Senator Loren Legarda , chair of

2772-429: The left wing of the hospital to become charity wards. These expansion will bring to a total of 88 beds for pay patients and more than 200 for charity patients (Charity - Medicine - 50; Pediatrics - 50; OB-Gyne - 50; Surgery - 40; Psychiatry - 10; Orthopedics - 20; Pay- third floor - 35 patients; fourth floor - 33 patients; C-Up - 18 patients). In anticipation of the implication of all these development in infrastructure of

2835-484: The legal education board approved and authorized WVSU to offer a Juris Doctor (JD) program under its newly established college of law, the first public law school in Western Visayas . Due to the demand and the university's answer to the government's plan for universal healthcare education program, West established the College of Dentistry in 2021, the second state university and college (SUC) to offer outside Manila and

2898-681: The national mean. In 2004, WVSU was recognized by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as among the "Top 5 Performing Schools" in the Philippines in the National Board Examinations. Centers of Excellence (COE) WVSU programs in Nursing , Social Science , Biology and Education have been awarded for achieving Level 4 Qualified status by the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities in

2961-415: The population was decimated in the worst epidemic in Philippine health history. In view of this, the Americans organized and erected several institutions, including the Bureau of Governmental Laboratories, which was built in 1901 for medical research and vaccine production. The Americans, led by Dean Worcester built the UP College of Medicine and Surgery in 1905, with Johns Hopkins University serving as

3024-515: The provision of quality health care , the regulation of all health services and products. It is the government's over-all technical authority on health. It has its headquarters at the San Lazaro Compound, along Rizal Avenue in Manila . The current head of the department is Sec. Ted Herbosa . The health secretary is also a member of the Cabinet . Americans assembled a military Board of Health on September 10, 1898, with its formal organization on September 29. Upon its creation, Dr. Frank S. Bourns

3087-606: The quality standards for instruction , research and extension . At present, programs are accredited by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) and Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) for its College of Medicine . Programs recognized with Level III Re-accredited status are academic offerings in undergraduate and master's degree levels specifically Physical Education, Forestry, Agriculture, and programs in Communication (Broadcasting, Journalism and Development Communication). Level 4 qualified status

3150-403: The region. West's has also been cited with in the Western Visayas region through its programs in advanced education in the following disciplines: Arts and Letters, Sciences, Social Sciences and Governance, Education, Agriculture, and Communications. In 2010 the university was authorized to offer a graduate program in Hospitality Management in the College of Business and Management. In July 2020,

3213-428: The regional offices and directors. One of the priorities of the Marcos administration was health maintenance. From 1975 to the mid-1980s, four specialty hospitals were built in succession. The first three institutions were spearheaded by First Lady Imelda Marcos . The Philippine Heart Center was established on February 14, 1975, with Dr. Avelino Aventura as director. Second, the Philippine Children's Medical Center

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3276-407: The rest of Western Visayas. A milestone for the WVSU happened when the Department of Health Bureau of Health Facilities and Services and the Board of Regents through Board Resolution No. 76 series of 2001, dated November 29, 2001, approved the hospital to become the West Visayas State University Medical Center . In 2018, WVSU Medical Center along with another government hospital in Iloilo, received

3339-594: The top performing schools in the Philippines for the Physician Licensure Examinations. Among non-board examination courses, the University has an excelled reputation through its academic courses in English , Political Science , and Biology with specialization in Microbiology , Biotechnology and Pre-Med, these three programs were submitted for accreditation to the AACCUP and were recently granted with Level 4 Qualified status. Its courses in Information Science and Technology, Cooperatives Management, and Mass Communications are also producing graduates who are sought after in

3402-481: The university level. The period from 1974 to the early 1980s was one of marked growth, witnessing the establishment of the School of Medicine, the second state medical school in the Philippines in 1975, the School of Agriculture in 1976, and the School of Nursing in 1977. The doctoral program of the Graduate School was also founded in 1977. The B.S. in Biological Science , AB in Mass Communications , and B.S. Forestry programs began in 1981. On January 27, 1986,

3465-431: The university through its main campus as National Center of Excellence in Teacher Education and National Center of Development in Nursing while the Lambunao Campus as National Centers of Development in the programs of Agriculture and Forestry. West Visayas State University (WVSU) was founded on June 16, 1902 as an adjunct unit with the Iloilo National High School of the Philippine Normal School system established under

3528-461: The university under the newly established College of Law was opened in August 2020. It was later followed by the establishment of the College of Dentistry. The 2,000 hectare Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park which is managed as part of the 3,000 hectare WVSU College of Agriculture and Forestry campus in Lambunao, Iloilo , is the largest hornbill breeding facility in the world. The Philippine Commission on Higher Education has also designated

3591-409: The university's administrators, scholars and histories collectively agreed to change the institution's founding especially on its logo from 1924 to 1902, the year WVSU was founded as a tributary unit of the Philippine Normal School System. It was in the said year also (2007), that the university celebrated its centennial. A national historical marker was installed by the National Historical Commission of

3654-560: Was assuming the post of United States High Commissioner , he would remark that the Philippines led all oriental countries in terms of health status. When the Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated, Dr. Jose F. Fabella was named chief of the Bureau of Health. In 1936, Dr. Fabella reviewed the Bureau of Health's organization and made an inventory of its existing facilities, which consisted of 11 community and social health centers, 38 hospitals, 215 puericulture centers, 374 sanitary divisions, 1,535 dispensaries and 72 laboratories. In

3717-450: Was awarded to Nursing , Teacher Education (elementary, secondary, and special education), Arts and Social Sciences (English and Political Science) and Biology . Over the years, the University has etched a mark in professional licensure examinations. Medical doctors , nurses and teacher education graduates have consistently topped exams all over the country and the university passing percentage in various exams have been well-above

3780-409: Was built in 1979. Then in 1983, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute was set up. This was soon followed by the Lung Center of the Philippines , which was constructed under the guidance of Health Minister Dr. Enrique Garcia . With a shift to a parliamentary form of government, the Department of Health was transformed into the Ministry of Health on June 2, 1978, with Dr. Clemente S. Gatmaitan as

3843-433: Was created under DOH. Under E.O. 94, the Institute of Nutrition was created in 1948 to coordinate various nutrition activities of the different agencies. On February 20, 1958, Executive Order 288 provided for the reorganization of the Department of Health. This entailed a partial decentralization of powers and created eight Regional Health Offices. Under this setup, the Secretary of Health passed on some of responsibilities to

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3906-480: Was established as a distinct educational and independent institution. It was also when a secondary normal school program, which eventually became a four-year normal college course, was established. In 1954, the Bachelor of Science in Education major in Elementary Education was offered, pioneering teacher-training institution in Western Visayas. It was named a Center of Excellence (1994) by the late Sen. Blas P. Ople and Center of Excellence for Teacher Education (1995) by

3969-424: Was not realized due to unavailability of funds from the government. In the meantime, a lease contract was made, so that in January 1986 the Gov. Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital was utilized as the base hospital of the School of Medicine with Dr. Angel R. de Leon as Director. On April 5, 1987, Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital was finally purchased thru a GSIS loan and formally turned over by the Lopez family. In May 1987,

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