Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center

Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center
Department of Health
Geography
Location	Mindog, Maningcol, Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Coordinates	8°10′11″N123°51′30″E / 8.16979°N 123.85831°E / 8.16979; 123.85831
Organization
Funding	Government hospital
Services
Beds	1,000
History
Former name(s)	Ozamiz City National Emergency Hospital Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. General Hospital Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. Regional Training and Teaching Hospital
Links
Website	mharsmc.doh.gov.ph

The Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center (MHARS-MC) is a 1000-bed capacity tertiary government hospital in Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. It is managed under the Department of Health. ^[1]

Initially named as Ozamiz City National Emergency Hospital, it was renamed in honor of Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr., a physician by profession and the mayor of Ozamiz City at the time the hospital was established. His son, Hilarion Jr., who was also a doctor, became the first chief of the said hospital. Later, Hilarion Jr. became the Regional Health Director of Region XI, congressman of the Second District of Misamis Occidental, and Secretary of Health.

History

On June 19, 1965, Republic Act No. 4225 passed into law, providing the establishment of Ozamiz City National Emergency Hospital. ^[2] Dr. Hilarion J. Hilarion Ramiro, Jr., the son of then Ozamiz City Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr., was the chief of hospital. Batas Pambansa Blg. 777 enacted on April 13, 1984, changed its name to Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. General Hospital (MHARS GEN). ^[3] Its one hundred (100) bed capacity was increased to one hundred fifty (150) on February 25, 1992, by the virtue of Republic Act. No. 7197. ^[4] The hospital was converted into a regional training and teaching hospital on March 1, 1995, by virtue of Republic Act No. 7937 and became known as Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (MHARS RTTH). ^[5] Republic Act No. 10865, approved on June 23, 2016, upgraded the status of MHARS RTTH by converting the regional training and teaching hospital to a medical center, increased its bed capacity from one hundred fifty (150) to five hundred (500), and changed its name to Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center (MHARS MC). ^[6] On June 24, 2021,the bed capacity of MHARS MC increased from five hundred (500) to one thousand (1,000), by Republic Act No. 11563. ^[7]

References

1. "MAYOR HILARION A. RAMIRO SR. MEDICAL CENTER | Department of Health website". doh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
2. "PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES - CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY". www.chanrobles.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
3. "Batas Pambansa Bilang 777". lawlibrary.chanrobles.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
4. Juris, The Corpus (1992-02-25). "R.A. No. 7197: An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. General Hospital in Ozamiz City from 100 to 150 Beds and Appropriating Funds Therefor". The Corpus Juris. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
5. Juris, The Corpus (1995-03-01). "R.A. No. 7937: An Act Converting the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. General Hospital in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental, into a Regional Training and Teaching Hospital to be Known as the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro, Sr. Regional Training and Teaching Hospital, and Appropriating Funds Therefor". The Corpus Juris. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
6. Juris, The Corpus (2016-06-23). "R.A. No. 10865: An Act Converting the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Regional Training and Teaching Hospital in the Province of Misamis Occidental into a Medical Center to be Known as the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center". The Corpus Juris. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
7. "Official Gazette of the Philippines". R. A. No. 11563 An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center in the Province of Misamis Occidental from Five Hundred (500) to One Thousand (1,000) Beds, Upgrading its Professional Health Care Services and Facilities, Authorizing the Increase of its Medical Personnel, and Appropriating Funds Therefor.