CAGAYAN VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

INTRODUCTION

The Cagayan Valley Medical Center started from an army tent. Immediately after the
war in 1945, the 37th Infantry put up the 43rd Filed Hospital that came from Pangasinan under
Major Anderson of the United State Marine Corps (USMC) treating both Filipino and American
soldiers. This is with the wholehearted cooperation of the late Dr. Venancio del Rosario. At first,
it was purely a military affair but they extended their services to civilians when they saw the need
of it as a result of the war diseases inflicted due to exposure, injuries, malnutrition, etc. Time came
too early when the American-assisted Clinic stopped functioning. With the guts, determination
and resourcefulness of the first Cagayan Chief, the late Dr. Gregorio M. Reyes, the defunct
Philippine Civilian Auxiliary Unit was converted into Tuguegarao Hospital on June 25, 1945
having a 25-bed capacity. With this, they continued to use several USMC tents in front of the
Cagayan High School. In June 1945, when schools started to open its door to the students and with
the early start of the typhoon season, the hospital moved to the war-torn residence of Mr. Pedro
Atabug and James Whitney. Through donations, shows and dance benefits, the Tuguegarao
Hospital was able to pay the wages and salaries of its staff and personnel.

MISSION

The Cagayan Valley Medical Center is a self-sustaining hospital, aware on the integral role of
health in nation building, composed of competent professionals working in the family oriented
workplace that provides a humane and scientifically based approach with the use of state-of-the-
art equipment and guided by moral precepts in meeting the healthcare needs of Northern Luzon.

VISION
By 2029, Cagayan Valley Medical Center will be a multidisciplinary hospital providing world
class standard in health care services in Northern Luzon.

CVMC QUALITY POLICY

The Cagayan Valley Medical Center commits to deliver equitable and accessible quality health
care services by:
Enhancing the way we deliver health care through innovation, research, human resource
capability and adapting institutional best practice.
Satisfying the requirements of an effective quality management system in partnership with our
stakeholders, through sound and responsive managerial leadership in compliance with statutory
and regulatory requirements.
Engaging with an information system that utilizes an efficient method of data storage and retrieval
necessary for analysis, measurement of performance standards and timely decision making.
Improving continually the effectiveness and efficiency of our quality management system for the
satisfaction of our customers.

CORE VALUES
Compassion
Accountability
Resiliency
Excellence
Teamwork
Integrity
People Centeredness
Service Oriented

QUALITY OBJECTIVES INICATORS

1. To provide basic and specialized, affordable and accessible health care to the customers.
2. To ensure competency of the hospital staff following established standards, continuous
education and training.
3. To guarantee a workplace environment that is clean and safe, customer friendly, and
responsive to the needs of the clients.
4. To ensure financial sustainability of the hospital through sound fiscal management.

SERVICE PLEDGE TO OUR PATIENT

You are the most important person in this Medical Center
You are not an interruption of our work
You are the purpose of it
You are not an outsider of our day to day operations
You are our concern
You are a person not a statistic
You have feelings, emotions, biases and needs
It is our business to serve you
Courteously and accord you humane
Compassionate and quality service

BACKGROUND

At this point, the rehabilitation of the Tuguegarao Hospital was undertaken using nipa roof and
sawali walls. The hospital continued to solicit funds just so to survive with the ever-helping funds
of the late Secretary of Labor, Mr. Marcelo Adduru. On May 15, 1946, he was able to transfer the
Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (PRRA) three quonset huts without cost to the
said hospital for nurses’ dormitory, storeroom, dispensary and doctor’s quarters.

With funds coming from several sources, the hospital started to expand. The old nipa roofing and
the sawali walls started to deteriorate and the hospital was forced to moved to the Division of
Schools Building and at the same time, started the reconstruction of the two-storey semi-permanent
building, now being occupied by the present Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO).

In 1947, the late Dr. Gregorio M. Reyes resigned and opened his private clinic and started his
private practice. Dr. Teogenes Alfonso took over on September 28, 1947. Dr. Justiniano M.
Mendoza was the next Chief and his administration was characterized by more improvements and
an intensive campaign to rural folks to use the hospital’s facilities, staff and employees. Bed
capacity was increased and the two-storey building was completed and inaugurated on March 1,
1951. In August 1952, he went to the USA and studied as a scholar.

Several Chiefs took over. Amidst some limitations, the hospital continued to offer its services.

In July 1963, the Cagayan Provincial Hospital was designated as Regional Training and Teaching
Hospital per Department Administrative Order No. 79, s. 1963 which later was classified as a
Tertiary Regional Hospital for Region 02, per Ministry Administrative Order No. 83, s. 1980,
dated April 22, 1980.

On July 20, 1983, the Regional Health Office Laboratory, Regional Mental Hospital and the
Cagayan Provincial Hospital were integrated and became the Integrated Cagayan Regional
Hospital.
In February 1986, this was transferred to its present site in Carig, Tuguegarao, Cagayan. A bill
was proposed to change its name to Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital but due to the EDSA
Revolution (People Power), such proposal died a natural death.

CONCLUSION

On September 15, 1989, it was finally changed to Cagayan Valley Regional Hospital (CVRH) per
RA No. 6782.

On March 20, 1998, it was converted to Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) under RA No.
8599 with an authorized bed capacity of 500.

Submitted by: Chat P. Tumanguil

MPBM-PA