Philippine Lung Center - Quezon City, Philippines

The LCP, built on 121,463 sq. m. lot donated by the National Housing Authority, June 4, 1979. First major surgery done by Dr. Deogracias Tablan & Dr. Jose Pujalte on March 22, 1982 First mass at the LCP Chapel, March 7, 1982 LCP Story The Lung Center of the Philippines was established through Presidential Decree No. 1823 on January 16, 1981 to provide the Filipino people state-of-the-art specialized care for lung and other chest diseases. The Center was inaugurated on January 23, 1982 as a tertiary level hospital with the view of "meeting the anticipated health problems of respiratory nature on a national coverage as a coordinated effort of the Ministry of Health, other government agencies and the private sector committed to health." It may be claimed that the Center had a  

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vision and history that belonged to a gracious lady and a dedicated surgeon who devoted his last few years in making a dream come true. Unfortunately, the late Dr. Enrique M. Garcia, the former Minister of Health, a prominent thoracic surgeon and the first President and Director-designate did not witness the opening of the Center. It was on Valentine's day in 1974, when Dr. Garcia, then Director of the Quezon Institute approached then First Lady Imelda R. Marcos for assistance to rehabilitate the hospital. Aware of the deteriorating physical set-up and the financial difficulties being encountered by Quezon Institute, she offered some support but expressed her vision of putting up specialty medical institutions, which included a Lung Center. With 48.4% of the yearly deaths due to respiratory ailments, it indeed seemed the sensible thing to do.