| Philippine General Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Ermita, Manila, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°34′41″N120°59′08″E / 14.57802°N 120.98554°E /14.57802; 120.98554 |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | General, public, teaching |
| Affiliated university | |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1,100 charity beds 400 private beds |
| Public transit access |   Pedro Gil 6 17 Pedro Gil |
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| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Philippines |
ThePhilippine General Hospital (also known asUniversity of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital orUP–Philippine General Hospital), simply referred to asUP–PGH orPGH, is a tertiary state-owned hospital administered and operated by theUniversity of the Philippines Manila. It is designated as the National University Hospital, and the national government referral center.
It stands within a 10-hectare (25-acre) site located at the UP Manila Campus inErmita,Manila. PGH has 1,100 beds and 400 private beds, and has an estimated of 4,000 employees to serve more than 600,000 patients every year.[3]
The PGH, being the largest training hospital in the country, is the laboratory hospital of health science students enrolled in theUniversity of the Philippines. This includes students of medicine, nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, occupational therapy, dentistry, and speech pathology.
There are 16 clinical departments under the Philippine General Hospital — Family and Community Medicine, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurosciences, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiology, Pathology, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Dermatology—all of which offer residency and fellowship training. It also offers various training for paramedical specialties such as nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, radiation technology, nutrition, hospital dentistry, medical technology and EMT training.
In 1907, ThePhilippine Commission appropriated around ₱780,000.00 for the construction of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila.[2][1] The building's cornerstone was laid on February 28, 1908 and the construction contract was awarded to H. Thurber of the Manila Construction Company. The structure for the central administration building, a surgical pavilion with two operating rooms, a building for dispensary and out-clinic, five ward pavilions of sixty beds each, a nurses’ home, a kitchen, an ambulance stable and morgue were completed on November 30, 1909.
The Philippine General Hospital opened its door to the public in September 1910 with three hundred thirty beds and was eventually linked to thePhilippine Medical School.[citation needed]
PGH remained open duringWorld War II, where its wards overflowed with victims of the conflict. It treated Filipino, Japanese soldiers and American internees alike, even if the hospital supplies are almost depleted.[citation needed]
In 1981, Architect J. Ramos undertook the master planning of the PGH renovation project.[4] PGH celebrated its centennial in 2007, one hundred years since the United States government passed a law establishing it.[4]
During theCOVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, PGH was selected as one of the COVID-19 referral centers in the country. The hospital provided 130 beds for COVID-19 patients, while continuing to serve other people with other ailments.[5] PGH officially accepted COVID-19 referrals from other hospitals starting March 30, 2020.[6]
In the afternoon of March 13, 2024, a fire damaged some of the wards of the hospital. The blaze started in the audio-visual room of the Department of Medicine and damaged Wards 1-4. In the immediate aftermath the hospital raised“Code Triage” in its emergency room, allowing only patients with life-threatening injuries to enter.[7]
In May 2025, PresidentFerdinand Marcos Jr. signed a law to increase the hospital's capacity from 1,334 beds to 2,200.[8]
The Philippine General Hospital Administration Building is situated alongTaft Avenue in Manila. It was designed by architectTomas Mapua in aNeoclassical style that follows theDaniel Burnham plan for Manila.[9]
Along with the hospital, this plan included theManila Hotel andArmy and Navy Club, executed by Burnham's successor,William E. Parsons, who was a city planner in the Philippines during theAmerican colonial period of the country. These works were a translation of Neoclassicism into a new hybrid of colonial tropical architecture.[9]
The hospital complex was designed around a central group of buildings for administration, operations, and kitchen pavilions surrounded by wards. The initial site allowed for the construction of a main administration building surrounded by 20 two-story ward buildings with a total capacity of 1,400 beds. The structures were designed with walls made ofreinforced concrete beneath a roof of redLudowici clay tile, usingApitong timber for ceilingjoists andGuijo for roofs of connecting corridors.[10]
In 2014, a new Pediatric Oncology Isolation Ward was constructed using a donation fromAlice Eduardo. A dormitory was also built to house the children's caregivers or relatives while they were admitted to PGH.[11]
In 2020 Bahay Silungan, originally known as the Nurses' Home, underwent an extensive restoration funded by donations from Eduardo andTikTok Philippines. The home was first occupied in 1911 and has 18 bedrooms, terraces, and verandas.[12] After the restoration, Bahay Silungan was able to accommodate up to 66 nurses and 14 transient patients.[13]
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