The Amai Pakpak Medical Center (APMC) is a
government hospital in
Marawi,
Lanao del Sur,
Philippines.
History
The hospital was established in 1903 by the
US Army's 27th Infantry Cavalry Division led by Captain
John J. Pershing
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Wes ...
in a land which was then known as Marahui which became known as Camp Keithley. In 1903, Captain James Ames organized it into a 25-bed hospital amidst a cholera outbreak which killed several US military personnel as well as locals.
The health facility was later renamed as the Lanao General Hospital. It became widely known by locals by the name Public Hospital. The hospital went to the supervision of the Integrated Provincial Health Office of Lanao del Sur when the integration program of the health system of Lanao Province was launched in 1984.
Lanao General Hospital then went under a
renationalization
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...
through ''Republic Act No. 7943'' which became law in 1985. Under the aforementioned law it was renamed as the Amai Pakpak Medical Center
after 19th century military leader
Amai Pakpak
Datu Akadir Akobar (died March 10, 1895), better known as Amai Pakpak, was a Maranao military leader who is noted for leading the Maranao resistance against Spanish colonization of the Lanao region in the 1890s.
Background
A Marawi native, Amai P ...
who is regarded as a hero by the
Maranaos.
On October 16, 2013, a fire ravaged the century-old hospital, but the hospital managed to resume operations.
The hospital was again badly damaged following the
Marawi crisis of 2017. The
Department of Health planned to reopen the hospital again.
The hospital reopened and later served as a major health facility responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bangsamoro region.
References
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Hospitals in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Lanao del Sur
Marawi