| Northern Mindanao Medical Center | |
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| Department of Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Cagayan de Oro, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 8°29′08″N124°38′59″E / 8.48547°N 124.64965°E |
| Services | |
| Beds | 600 |
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| Website | nmmc |
The Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) is a government hospital in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. It is managed under the Department of Health.
The Northern Mindanao Medical Center was established in the American colonial period in the Philippines in Carmen, Cagayan de Misamis (modern-day Cagayan de Oro). It was initially housed in a wood and nipa structure which was converted from a public schoolhouse as a response to a cholera outbreak. In 1919, the hospital was named the Misamis Public Hospital. [3]
A new wooden building was constructed in 1932 at the present site of the hospital near the Provincial Capitol. The hospital had a 25-bed capacity. The hospital building was destroyed during World War II but was renovated after the war. The bed capacity of the hospital was also expanded to 50. [3]
The hospital was renamed the Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital in 1945. The hospital was expanded once again in 1956 through the construction of additional buildings and the expansion of the bed capacity to 75. [3]
The Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital was renamed the Northern Mindanao Regional Training Hospital (NMRTH) through Republic Act 4662 which became law on June 18, 1966. [1] The legislation also mandated the departmentalization of the hospital's services and gave the facility the capability to be a teaching hospital. Bed capacity was also increased to 200. [3]
The Northern Mindanao Community Heart Center, a satellite facility of the Philippine Heart Center was established within the hospital in 1983. [3]
On March 11, 1995, the Republic Act 7938 took effect reclassifying the NMRTH as a medical center and renaming the hospital as the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC). It also increased the authorized bed capacity from 300 to 600. [2] [3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the NMMC served as the COVID-19 dedicated referral facility for patients in Northern Mindanao. [4]
Northern Mindanao is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region X. It comprises five provinces: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, and Lanao del Norte, and two cities classified as highly urbanized, all occupying the north-central part of Mindanao island, and the island-province of Camiguin. The regional center and largest city is Cagayan de Oro. Lanao del Norte was transferred to Northern Mindanao from Region XII by virtue of Executive Order No. 36 in September 2001.
Misamis Oriental, officially the Province of Misamis Oriental, is a province located in the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines. Its capital, largest city and provincial center is the city of Cagayan de Oro, which is governed independently from the province.
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Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro, also known as Metro Cagayan de Oro, is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Philippines. It is located on the northern coast of Mindanao, and comprises the two chartered cities of Cagayan de Oro and El Salvador and the fourteen municipalities of Misamis Oriental which are Alubijid, Balingasag, Claveria, Gitagum, Initao, Jasaan, Laguindingan, Libertad, Lugait, Manticao, Naawan, Opol, Tagoloan, and Villanueva and the six municipalities of Bukidnon which are Manolo Fortich, Baungon, Libona, Malitbog, Sumilao and Talakag. According to the 2015 Philippine census, Metro Cagayan de Oro has a population of 1,687,159 people.
Cagayan de Oro (CDO), officially the City of Cagayan de Oro, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 728,402 people, making it the 10th most populous city in the Philippines and the most populous in Northern Mindanao.
The 2017 Visayas and Mindanao floods was an event that caused extreme flooding within parts of the Philippines, caused by several low-pressure systems. In mid-January 2017, several parts of Visayas and Mindanao experienced flooding as a result of a low-pressure area, combined with the tail-end of a cold front.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Mindanao is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Northern Mindanao on March 11, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Cagayan de Oro.
The Port of Cagayan de Oro is a seaport in Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines. It is the busiest seaport in Northern Mindanao as of 2019.