José R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center

José R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center's operations started in 1945 in Manila, Philippines as a 100-bed facility known as City Children's Hospital, housed in a borrowed school building and was managed by Dr. Fe del Mundo. It was transformed into an emergency hospital to give care to the wounded during the Battle of Liberation in Manila.HistoryOn August 1, 1945, the hospital was turned over to the Department of Health (Philippines) after the war. It was renamed North General Hospital (NGH) because it was located in Manila, north of the Pasig River, and it became a charity hospital, still under the leadership of Dr. Fe del Mundo, serving the needs of approximately two-thirds of more than a million population of the northern half of the city of Manila.A School of Nursing was opened on September 1, 1945 to fill in the need for trained nurses in the hospital as well as improve the nursing education in the country. On March 16, 1948, Dr. Jose Reyes was appointed as the new hospital director. He appealed to government agencies for aid. Two-hundred thousand pesos was allotted for the establishment of a hospital north district of Manila. San Lazaro Compound was chosen for its site and construction started in 1956. The government of the United States of America through the International Cooperation Agency (ICA) provided aid for the acquisition of medical and paramedical equipment. The new North General Hospital was completed and formally inaugurated on February 28, 1957 and it opened its doors for service on October 1957.