The Corazon C. Aquino Hospital, is a tertiary hospital located in Barangay Biasong,

Dipolog Dipolog, officially the City of Dipolog ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dipolog; Subanen: ''Gembagel G'benwa Dipuleg/Bagbenwa Dipuleg''; Chavacano: ''Ciudad de Dipolog''; fil, Lungsod ng Dipolog), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province o ...

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. The center has an area of 3 hectares and consist of 2 stories and has a 300(?) bed-capacity. It also houses different private clinics of known physicians in the province with specialties in

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History

Corazon C. Aquino Hospital started construction in 2011, completed construction in 2013, and opened in 2015 under the administration of

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Evelyn T. Uy. The hospital is named after

Corazon Aquino Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People P ...

, the 11th

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. On July 29, 2015, while the hospital was operating softly from its recent opening, some public school children were brought to CCAH from

Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center The Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center, is a tertiary hospital located in Barangay Sicayab, Dipolog, Philippines. The center has an area of 3 hectares and consist of 3 stories and has a 300(?) bed-capacity. It also houses different private clinics ...

after such students experienced stomach pains from taking

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in a

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undertaking by the

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. On October 17, 2016, as the City Government completed the construction of the new Divine Mercy Chapel located inside CCAH, its unveiling and blessing was led by then Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (while visiting the city for a religious conference held in the city), local officials, doctors, medical personnel, barangay officials, and government employees. On September 25, 2020, after the first confirmed community

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transmission in Dipolog, CCAH was temporarily closed by Mayor Darel Dexter T. Uy until October 15, 2020. This closure took effect after the hospital experienced an influx of probable and suspected

patients.

Future development

It was planned in 2017 that the City Government will commence construction of the new City Health Office (CHO-Dipolog) building adjacent to CCAH, with the intention of transferring CHO-Dipolog personnel, equipment, and supplies from the Old CHO-Dipolog building in Estaka to the hospital complex.

History

Future development

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See also