Baguio Filipino Chinese General Hospital

If unparalleled accomplishments and the number of people served would be the yardstick to enter heaven, Dr. Charles L. Cheng would surely be there.

Dr. Cheng was known as the doctor for the poor who offered fruits or whatever produce they had as gratitude for the free treatment the doctor offered them.90% of the hospitals patients were mostly indigents and none paying hence it was difficult to upgrade the hospital facilities and equipment.
The doctor was known to be a man of medicine, who gave confidence and relief to many patients where conventional medicine has failed.

Dr. Chengs extensive practice and expertise in acupuncture and traditional Chinese healing methods was his way to help minimize the patients expenses in laboratory testing and diagnostics and of cost medicine and help alleviate the patients financial expenses for quality health care

While he closely treated locals and many rural farmers, he was also known to patients from many parts of the world who crossed oceans to be treated by him.

Hospital records will show the extensive success stories of his lifetime practice, combining and balancing western medicine with oriental methods.

His active life schedule also spilled over to medical research, sports medicine, and an ever-growing knowledge in oriental medicine.

For his achievements, he was recognized as an outstanding citizen of Baguio in the field of medicine in 1999.
he has received many recognitions in relation to his medical achievements.

His national fame, include the Traditional University Awards at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater, Ateneo de Manila University in 2007. He also won first prize in Environmental Protection, Primary Health Care Project, given by the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians Inc., in 1995.

The Benguet provincial government likewise conferred him the Leadership Award for Community Service in 1996, making him one of the few individuals bestowed with the highest honor from the city and Benguet.

One of Dr. Cheng’s contributions is his medical research on the effects of pesticides among farmers in the agricultural towns of Benguet.

After observing the rising cases of cancer in farmers who came to him for treatment, he made a breakthrough in agricultural practices when he embarked on a research project that established a correlation between pesticide use and illnesses such as cancer and birth deformities. This gave impetus to the encouragement of organic farming or the more judicious practice of chemical farming.

Dr. Cheng founded the Baguio Filipino-Chinese General Hospital in 1968 and was its medical director until the time of his death.

The areas of expertise his hospital served include basic and clinical research, acupuncture, medical health services including haci therapy and xue bao, among other Chinese methods of treating illnesses.

As a sportsman, Dr. Cheng introduced medical practices to treat athletes who suffered injuries, especially safeguarding amateur boxers from brain injury due to heavy blows.

He was also instrumental in the success of the programs and projects of the City AIDS Watch Council, which offers services to people living with human immuno-deficiency virus.

Dr. Cheng was also a prominent figure in the celebration of Chinese festivals and culture, which promoted strong relations between the Filipino-Chinese community and other ethnic tribes in Baguio. The annual Spring Festival has become an official event of the city government.

With the doctor for the poor in the great clinic in the sky, indigent residents are praying there will be someone like him who will accept simple payments in-kind.

Having healed or given relief to a suffering patient was the doctor’s priceless joy.

Dr. Cheng’s advocacies: compassion for the poor
The region’s poorest of the poor go to the Chinese hospital for care and compassion. Dr. Cheng devoted his life in service of others, hence the Baguio Filipino Chinese General Hospital will continue to adhere to his advocacy and continue his legacy.

Provide Intensive care for the sick and poor.
Provide basic services in the prevention, early detection and treatment of disease and promotion of public health.
Preserve standard of professionalism by assisting in the training of doctors, nurses, and other allied paramedical personnel.

Propagate acupuncture as an alternative mode of treatment for various disease.
Make the hospital as the training center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
Assist in the propagation, conservation, utilization and promotion of herbal medicines.
Provide intensive information and education campaign (HEC) on health issues and concerns affecting the people of Cordilleras.
Promote sports medicine, physical fitness and rehabilitation.

Services Offered At Baguio Filipino-Chinese General Hospital:

General Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Anesthesiology
Radiology
EENT
Acupuncture
Out patient department/ Emergency Response
Dentistry
Research
Surgery
Pediatrics
Pathology
Optometry
Pharmacy
Medical Library
Family Planning, Maternal Health & Child Care
Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
Counselling

Complete Laboratory Facilities and Test.

Complete X-ray Facilities and Ultrasound