0:03 Did you know that Vicenteoto Memorial
0:05 Medical Center wasn't always called
0:08 that? The hospital started its operation
0:12 in 1911 under the name hospital delsur
0:14 and in 1913 1913.
0:16 1913.
0:20 Okay. It was granted legal status
0:24 through act number 2725. So basically
0:28 the government supported and funded the
0:31 hospital. Then it was later renamed
0:34 Southern Islands Hospital which has a
0:38 capacity of 30 beds. Imagine that. I
0:41 mean 30 beds serving patients from
0:44 Bisayas to Mindanao.
0:50 30 beds capacity per now it has a
0:53 capacity of 1,500 beds and operates as a
0:56 level three general tertiary government
0:59 hospital. So meaning it is a teaching
1:02 and training hospital and still provide
1:06 gabanil medical services dialysis unit,
1:10 rehabilitation unit, a blood bank etc
1:13 etc and then by 1992
1:16 Southern Island hospital was changed or
1:18 the name of it was changed through what
1:22 we all know now la Vicente Memorial
1:26 Medical Center. It was to honor
1:30 cente senor. He is a well-known
1:45 I mean, he did a lot. He's a lawyer, a
1:48 journalist, a playright, and a senator.
1:51 He's known as a father of Sabuano
1:54 journalism because he founded the first
1:59 ever Sibuano newspaper in 1901 called
2:04 Anguga. And this serves as a way or a
2:08 platform for Sibu writers to publish
2:12 their works. and he also advocates for
2:15 press freedom and Filipino rights. And
2:19 with his generosity, his dedication, his
2:21 public service,
2:26 it inspired the hospital's renaming.
2:28 And today, the Vicentees Sto Memorial
2:31 Medical Center stands as one of the
2:34 largest government hospitals in the
2:39 Visayas. And it becomes a historical
2:44 pride in Cebu. And I mean serve
2:46 serve
2:48 thousands of people every year
2:51 regardless of their status. I don't mean
2:54 like single or taken but I meant that
2:56 whether you're rich, you're poor, you
3:11 and because VSMMC or Memorial Medical
3:15 Center is a general tertiary government
3:18 hospital of
3:20 provide of clinical exposure for sure in
3:23 training students from different
3:26 colleges and universities especially
3:30 Cebu normal university because it's
3:33 their primary academic partner in terms
3:37 of like internships or nana or yeah training
3:38 training
3:41 from hospital delur southern islands
3:46 hospital and today the vicente memorial
3:50 medical center with its name change
3:59 Provide medical services to everyone despite
4:02 despite
4:06 their status like the rich or the poor
4:10 and it still continues to save lives
4:13 gener and serves generations of Sabuanos
4:17 and Filipino Filipinos alike. So it's
