De La Salle Health Sciences Institute

History

The De La Salle Health Sciences Institute traces its roots to a group of doctors from the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines and the Philippine General Hospital who, in 1976, decided to establish a medical school to support the need for a well-trained staff for the newly inaugurated Medical Center Manila. Following the national government's policy of dispersing educational facilities outside the capital city and encouraging the establishment of medical schools in various regions of the country, they decided to establish a medical school in Dasmariñas, Cavite. Originally named Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine, the school opened in 1979 under the management of the University Physician’s Foundation, Inc. with the Jose P. Rizal National Medical Research Center as its initial teaching hospital.

In 1980, the foundation acquired 1.2 hectares of additional property and construction was started for a 180-bed teaching hospital. This 4-storey hospital, the University Medical Center, was inaugurated on July 31, 1982. In 1985, the construction of the second 4-storey Medical Research Building for the College of Medicine started.

In June 1987, ownership and management of the Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine and the University Medical Center were acquired by the De La Salle University Inc. The College of Medicine was renamed the De La Salle University-Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine and the hospital the De La Salle University Medical Center. Since the De La Salle Brothers assumed ownership of both the hospital and the college, both have steadily grown. In 1990, the De La Salle University Medical Center continued its expansion with the inauguration of the Wu Building. In 1992, the college was renamed the De La Salle University College of Medicine. On April 7, 1994, the De La Salle University Angelo King Medical Research Center was established. In June 1994, the management of the College of Physical Therapy which was then part of DLSU-Aguinaldo (now DLSU-Dasmariñas) was turned over to the De La Salle University College of Medicine. By June 1995, the complex consisting of the College of Medicine, University Medical Center, College of Physical Therapy and Research Services was named De La Salle University – Health Sciences Campus or DLSU-HSC under the ownership and administration of the St. Bro. Miguel Febres Cordero Medical Education Foundation.

The DLSU Medical center continued to grow after the one-storey Jose Sotto Tantiansu Center Institute was added in 1988, and the ten-storey Teodorica Favis Vda. De Rivera Hall in 1997. In January 1999, the Institute of Continuing Education for the Health Profession (formerly the Institute of Graduate Studies) was established.

In October 1999 and July 2003, the De La Salle University Medical Center became the first hospital in the Philippines gain an ISO 9001 Certification and a Certification by the TUV–Rheinland and Berlin– Brandenburg Group of Companies.

In May 2000, the colleges under the administration of the DLSU-Health Sciences Campus increased with the transfer of the Colleges of Medical Radiation Technology and Nursing and Midwifery (formerly under DLSU-Dasmariñas).

Eventually, the institution’s name became De La Salle Health Sciences Institute upon approval of the Board of Trustees in September 2007.

At present, the Institute offers academic programs through its seven colleges: Medicine, Nursing and School of Midwifery, Physical Therapy, Medical Radiation Technology, Medical Laboratory Science, Pharmacy, and Humanities and Sciences.

DLSHSI celebrated 25 years as a Lasallian institution and 35 year as a pioneering health care and education institution in Cavite in 2012.

Colleges and degree programs

College of Medicine

College of Nursing and School of Midwifery

College of Rehabilitation Sciences

College of Medical Radiation Technology

College of Medical Laboratory Sciences

College of Pharmacy

College of Humanities and Sciences

De La Salle University Medical Center

The De La Salle University Medical Center (UMC) acts as the teaching hospital of DLSHSI. Owned and operated by the Hermano San Miguel Febres Cordero Medical Educational Foundation, Inc., it offers a tertiary level of medical care. The offices of the clinical departments and the full-time clinical faculty members are in this hospital. Since 1995, the expansion program has increased the hospital's bed capacity to a total of 300 beds. The De La Salle University Medical Center includes many state-of-the-art medical equipment and is the first ISO 9001 certified hospital in the Philippines. The hospital also leads other private hospitals in Cavite in setting up medical wards intended for the poor enrolled in the Cavite Governor's health reform program, Dignidad at Kalidad (DK).

History

The De La Salle University Medical Center was initially inaugurated as a 100-bed teaching and training hospital of the then Emilio Aguinaldo College of Medicine (now the De La Salle University Health Sciences Institute) in 1982. In 1987, the De La Salle University system run by the Brothers of the Christian Schools acquired ownership of both the college and hospital. The hospital is administered by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, an Catholic religious congregation providing health services throughout the country.

In 1990, a 4-storey annex, the Raul Wu Chiu Kuan Building was added, increasing bed capacity to 175. Modern equipment continued to be acquired to make DLSUMC comparable with any of the large hospitals in Metro Manila. A Pulmonary Unit, Hemodialysis Unit, 12-bed Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Laboratory, CT Scan, Echo-Doppler, and Ultrasonography are just some of the services offered by the medical center.

August 28, 1997 marked the inauguration of the 10-storey hospital annex building, the De La Salle University-Doña Teodorica Favis vda. De Rivera Hall.

Angelo King Medical Research Center

The DLSU Angelo King Medical Research Center was established in March 1994 to house in one facility, all research activities of the DLSU Health Sciences Campus.

Researches within the DLSU-Research Center has been further spurred on by membership in national and international networks such as the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) as well as its regional (Southeast Asian Clinical Epidemiology Network) and local affiliates (PHILCLEN). Other networks include the International Network for the Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) as well as Adverse Drug Reaction Network. The University is also an active member of non-governmental organizations & academic groups like the Phil. Coalition Against Tuberculosis (PHILCAT) and the National TB Study Group.

In terms of research education the Research Center through the De La Salle Clinical Epidemiology Unit is the main training center for the southern Luzon region hosting annual research workshops and seminars, and providing facilities for the promotion of research.

Annually, the research center is responsible for the production of over 100 researches from the faculty, consultants, medical residents and students of the health science campus.

Research Units