Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital

On November 9, 1920, the late Dr. Jose Fabella, then the Chairman of the Public Welfare Board, founded a six (6) bed maternity clinic called 'the Maternity house,' which was originally located at Isabel St. Sampaloc, Manila. 

In 1922, the clinic expanded by creating a pediatric section, and the school of midwifery was opened, turning out its first graduates of ten (10) midwives the following year. 

Through the efforts of former Secretary of Health Antonio Villarama, in 1951, the hospital moved to its present site at Lope de Vega, Manila. The hospital's name was changed on November 9, 1968, to Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, is a maternal and newborn tertiary hospital located in Santa Cruz, Manila in the Philippines.