Riverside College, Inc., also referred to by its acronym RCI, is a private non-sectarian coeducational higher education institution in
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...
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Negros Occidental
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Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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. The college is owned and operated by Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. It is notable for being the first school affiliated with a
teaching hospital
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in Bacolod City. It offers education programs from senior high school up to graduate school.
History
Pablo O. Torre, Sr., a doctor, began his practice in a family
clinic
A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...
in Bacolod. The clinic expanded, later becoming the Riverside General Hospital, and Torre invited
Carmelite nuns
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to assist in administering the facility. Four nuns joined the hospital in 1957 – Mother Superior Margaret Theresa and Sisters Regina Javier, Maria Isabelle Gregorio and Cristina Dean.
Recognizing the need for competent staff to run the hospital,
Torre established Riverside College, initially offering the School of Midwifery on June 11, 1961, and the School of Nursing on June 23, 1963.
Riverside General Hospital became a
teaching hospital
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for
nurse
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s.
In 1972, the hospital was renamed to Riverside Medical Center. Later, it was again renamed after its founder, becoming the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, albeit the name of its parent company retained its name as The Riverside Medical Center, Inc. Riverside College, Inc. has also retained its name in reference to the hospital's original name.
Both The Riverside Medical Center, Inc. and Riverside College, Inc. are operated and managed by
Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc.
See also
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List of tertiary schools in Bacolod
This is a list of colleges and universities in Bacolod, Philippines.
Universities State universities C
*Carlos Hilado Memorial State University
Private non-sectarian universities S
* STI West Negros University
Private Catholic universities U
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References
Educational institutions established in 1954
Universities and colleges in Bacolod
1954 establishments in the Philippines
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