History
The San Juan de Dios Hospital, the precursor of the USTH, was founded in 1577 by a Franciscan lay brother, Fray Juan Clemente. On October 29, 1875, his royal highness King Alfonso of Spain decreed that the three-centuries-old hospital, located in Intramuros, become the clinical training institution for medical students of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas, which was then located at Intramuros. On March 23, 1887, Dean Mariano Marti, M.D., established residency and externship programs at the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
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