Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital

Coordinates: 10°40′19″N 122°57′03″E / 10.67206°N 122.95096°E / 10.67206; 122.95096
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Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH)
Map
Geography
LocationBacolod, Negros Occidental, Western Visayas, Philippines
Coordinates10°40′19″N 122°57′03″E / 10.67206°N 122.95096°E / 10.67206; 122.95096
Organization
FundingGovernment hospital
Typetertiary level hospital
Services
Beds1000
Links
Websiteclmmrh.doh.gov.ph

The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) is a tertiary level government hospital in the Philippines with an authorized bed capacity of one thousand (1000).[1] It is located along Lacson Street, Bacolod, Negros Occidental.

History[edit]

Historical marker installed in 2012

According to the historical marker installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2012, the hospital was established as the Occidental Negros Provincial Hospital, by virtue of Act No. 3114 in 1925 and was inaugurated on 24 March 1926. Sixto Orosa was appointed as its first executive from 1926 to 1936. During World War II, was used as a base by the Japanese forces and reopened after the war in 1945. In 1968, the hospital was renamed Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital in honor of the donor of the land on which it stands and was designated as a regional hospital in 1985.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philippine Republic Act 11441 Section 1

Further reading[edit]

Relevant hospital laws and mandate[edit]

  • BP 118 (Series 1981)
  • BP 825 (Series 1984)
  • Republic Act 11441