V. Luna General Hospital
military unit
The Victoriano Luna General Hospital (or simply V. Luna General Hospital), also known as Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center (AFP General Hospital), is one of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Wide Support Units tasked to provide medical care to military personnel and civilian human resources of the AFP, which includes their immediate dependents. It also refers to the healthcare facility complex that is occupied by the unit along V. Luna Avenue in Pinyahan, Quezon City.
History
The V. Luna General Hospital was named after Col. Victoriano Luna who was then Chief of the Medical Service and Adviser to the Chief of Staff. He came up with the idea in 1935 of putting up an Army Station Hospital to address the health service needs of a growing army.
By 1937, Army Engineers started the design conceptualization and construction of Luna's dream. On September 3, 1946, pursuant to Headquarters Philippine Army (HPA) GO Nr 512, the 1st Philippine Army General Hospital was named "Colonel Victoriano Luna General Hospital" in honor Luna who conceptualized the medical center.
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