The East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) is a government-owned tertiary general hospital located in

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History

The EAMC was established as the GSIS General Hospital under the

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(GSIS) and was inaugurated by then President

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along with

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on October 8, 1969. The company operating the hospital, GSIS Hospital, Inc. was dissolved on June 9, 1978 in pursuant to ''Presidential Decree No. 1411'' issued by President Marcos, and transferred all of the assets of the company to the Ministry of Health (now

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) and the hospital was renamed ''Ospital ng Bagong Lipunan'' (). The hospital was renamed again on November 12, 1986, by then Executive Secretary

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by authority of then President

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, to its current name through ''Memorandum Order No. 48''. The ''Republic Act No. 8345'' signed on June 4, 1997 increased the authorized bed capacity of the hospital from 350 to 600. The allowed 600 bed capacity was fulfilled on August 17, 2020 when the new 250 bed capacity EAMC building was completed and inaugurated. It was used as a treatment facility during the

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. On June 24, 2021, EAMC, by virtue of Republic Act No. 11561, increased the authorized bed capacity from 600 to 1000 beds.

References

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