Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center

Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (ARMMC)
The hospital in 2023
Geography
Location	Marikina, Metro Manila, NCR, Philippines
Coordinates	14°38′10″N121°05′54″E / 14.63603°N 121.09843°E / 14.63603; 121.09843
Organization
Funding	Government hospital
Type	tertiary level hospital
Services
Beds	500
History
Opened	1966
Links
Website	armmc.doh.gov.ph

The 'Amang' Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (ARMMC) (formerly Rodriguez Sr. Emergency Hospital and Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. Memorial Hospital) is a tertiary level government hospital in the Philippines with an authorized bed capacity of five hundred beds. ^[1] It is located along Sumulong Highway in Barangay Santo Niňo, Marikina.

History

A cornerstone-laying ceremony to mark the construction of Marikina Emergency Hospital was held on May 3, 1963. ^[2]

The hospital was inaugurated in 1966 as Rodriguez Sr. Emergency Hospital, and by 1969 was renamed Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. Memorial Hospital (ERSMH).

In 1995, through Republic Act No. 8019, the hospital was upgraded to a medical center and renamed 'Amang' Rodriguez Medical Center (ARMC). ^[3] By 2007, the hospital's bed capacity was increased from 150 to 300 through Republic Act No. 9419, with the word "Memorial" added back to the hospital's name. ^[4]

References

1. Philippine Republic Act 11287 Section 1
2. "Patuloy ang Pag-unlad ng MARIKINA RIZAL" [The Development of Marikina, Rizal Continues]. Liwayway (in Tagalog). May 27, 1963. p. 104. Kuha ito nang ilagay ang batong panulok ng 'Marikina Emergency Hospital' noong Mayo 3. Makikita sa larawan sina Konsehal Virginia de Guzman, Bise Gobernador Mario Bauza ng Rizal, Gobernador Isidro S. Rodriguez ng Rizal[...], Dr. Ernesto Cruz, pangulo ng Marikina Medical Society[...]
3. Republic Act No. 8019 (May 25, 1995), "An Act Upgrading the Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. Memorial Hospital from a Provincial Hospital to a Medical Center, Renaming It as 'Amang' Rodriguez Medical Center, and Appropriating Funds Therefor", The Lawphil Project, retrieved February 14, 2025
4. Republic Act No. 9419 (April 10, 2007), "An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center from One Hundred Fifty (150) to Three Hundred (300) Beds and Appropriating Funds Therefor", The Lawphil Project, retrieved February 14, 2025

Further reading

Relevant hospital laws and mandate

• Republic Act 3862
• Republic Act 7209
• Republic Act 8019
• Republic Act 9419
• Republic Act 11287