Expansion
In 1946, the public dispensary of the hospital was initially established in a small building at a site to the right of the present Commerce Building, beside the on-campus electrical substation. The first director of the public dispensary was Dr. Castor Surla. On July 13, 1951, the dispensary was reorganized as the Out-patient, with Dr. Francisco Roman as its head.
The Institute of Neuropsychiatry was established in 1950 at the site of the garden area now fronting the Commerce Building. It was the first private institution of its kind in the country. The first two resident physicians of the institute were Drs. Gilberto Gamez and Henry Cube. After three years, however, the unit ceased functioning was eventually closed.
The first hospital morgue was constructed and inaugurated in 1958 in a one-story building separate from the second phase construction of the Medicine Building (now called the St. Martin de Porres Building). It was subsequently demolished to give way to the construction of the current USTH Clinical Division.
The UST Hospital quadrangle was completed in 1959. the charity and private services became consolidated into this building with the charity wards occupying the first floor. The whole charity ward was transferred and eventually renamed the USTH Clinical Division when it was completed in 1965 and formally inaugurated on March 6, 1966.
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