The Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital (DJNRMH), formerly known as ''Central Luzon Sanitarium'',
and also called as the ''Tala Leprosarium'', was established in 1940, to accommodate
patient
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s with
Hansen's Disease
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in the entire
Luzon
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region in the
Philippines
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. It is currently situated within the district of Tala, in
Caloocan
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,
Metro Manila
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, and occupies of land area, from the original . The reduction of
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was to accommodate previous homeless treated patients who eventually settled and established their own community, called ''Tala''.
In 1970, the
hospital
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began treating general medical cases (non-Hansen disease patients) when there was a high success rate of treatment of the first Hansen patients from research and the advancement of procedures done within the current medical practice. Due to the significant drop of Hansen patients the hospital then considered admission of general cases.
The hospital currently serves as the principal referral hospital for
leprosy
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patients and the premier training and research center for leprosy care and management in the Philippines. It also serves the public health needs of community members of ''Tala'' and nearby areas.
Services
- Public Health Unit
The hospital also conducts other services available for appropriate patients such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, radiology, laboratory, medical-social services and assistance.
The DJNRMH today
Today, DJNRMH envisions becoming a Tertiary General Hospital and a Center for Rehabilitation and care of leprosy patients. On 2007, President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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signed Republic Act 9420, converting 200 beds of the 2,000 beds of DJNRMH for tertiary general health care.
Affiliations and linkages
The former sanitarium serves and attends to patients together with other recognized Philippine non-government organizations (NGO) and including nearby religious organizations and Churches that send contributions and visit abandoned or dying patients for religious services and rites whenever applicable.
File:Rodriguez Memorial Hospital Pediatric Ward Tala.JPG, Pediatric ward
See also
*
List of hospitals in Metro Manila
The following is a list of notable hospitals in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Manila, City of Manila
*Amisola Maternity Hospital – Hermosa Street, Manuguit, Tondo, Manila, Tondo
*Canossa Health and Social Center Foundation, Inc. – E. Jacint ...
References
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Hospital buildings completed in 1940
Hospitals in Metro Manila
Hospitals established in 1940
Buildings and structures in Caloocan
20th-century architecture in the Philippines