Philippine General Hospital

Philippine General Hospital
UPM-PGH Administration Building
Geography
Location	Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°34′41″N 120°59′08″E / 14.57802°N 120.98554°E / 14.57802; 120.98554
Organization
Care system	Public
Type	General, public, teaching
Affiliated university	University of the Philippines University of the Philippines Manila
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1,100 charity beds 400 private beds
Public transit access	Pedro Gil  6  17  Pedro Gil
History
Opened	August 17, 1907; 116 years ago (1907-08-17) (Established)[1][2] September 1, 1910; 113 years ago (1910-09-01) (Opened to the public)
Links
Website	www.pgh.gov.ph
Lists	Hospitals in the Philippines

The Philippine General Hospital (also known as University of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital or UP–Philippine General Hospital), simply referred to as UP–PGH or PGH, is a tertiary state-owned hospital administered and operated by the University of the Philippines Manila. It is designated as the National University Hospital, and the national government referral center. It stands within a 10-hectare (25-acre) site located at the UP Manila Campus in Ermita, Manila. PGH has 1,100 beds and 400 private beds, and has an estimated of 4,000 employees to serve more than 600,000 patients every year.^[3]

The PGH, being the largest training hospital in the country, is the laboratory hospital of health science students enrolled in the University of the Philippines. This includes students of medicine, nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, occupational therapy, dentistry, and speech pathology.

There are 16 clinical departments under the Philippine General Hospital — Family and Community Medicine, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurosciences, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiology, Pathology, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Dermatology—all of which offer residency and fellowship training. It also offers various training for paramedical specialties such as nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, radiation technology, nutrition, hospital dentistry, medical technology and EMT training.