San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation
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San Juan de Dios College San Juan de Dios Hospital | |
 The Seal of SJDEFI | |
Other name | SJDEFI |
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Former name |
Hospital de San Juan de Dios (hospital) San Juan de Dios Nursing School (college) |
| Motto | Servire In Caritatem |
Motto in English | "Serve in Love" |
| Type | Privately held company |
| Established | June 24, 1578 (Hospital); 1913 (College) |
| President | Sr. Josie B. Onag, DC (College) |
| Students | 300 |
| Address |
2772-2774 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay 1300, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines  |
| Campus | Urban |
| Hymn | SJDEFI College Hymn |
| Nickname | SJDicians |
| Website |
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San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation, Inc. (SJDEFI) is a private, non-stock, non-profit, joint institute of education and tertiary health sciences operating as a college and a hospital in Pasay City, Philippines. Both the colleges and hospital are run by the Daughters of Charity. It is named after San Juan de Dios, a Portuguese-born soldier that turned health-care worker of Spain.
History
The present college of San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation, Inc. (SJDEFI) was founded on the ideals of nursing and health care, which were pioneered in the Philippines by the Order of Friars Minor in 1578. The missionary nursing-like activities were continued by the Daughters of Charity when administration of the Hospital de San Juan de Dios was passed on to them in 1868.
In 1913, Hospital de San Juan de Dios opened the first nursing school in the country because of the need to open a school of nursing that will scientifically train students in technical nursing service. With the opening of the Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology course in 1965, a Liberal Arts course was also opened in the same year. This laid the foundation for the conversion of the school into a College in 1973.
On April 17, 1991, the San Juan de Dios Hospital and College became an educational foundation. It was also during this period when the College began a new baccalaureate course, Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy, because the desire of SJDEFI administration to address the sensitive needs and the growing demands on medical science.
Because of its mission to continue providing quality education the College of Nursing applied for and received its Level 1 accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) in 2003.
In 2016, San Juan de Dios College opened its Senior High School (Grades 11 and 12) program with strands Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM), General Academic Strand (GAS), Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS), Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and Technological and Vocational Livelihood (TVL).
Notable incidents
On June 15, 2012, film director Mario O'Hara was admitted to this hospital for treatment for leukemia. He was confined until his death on June 26, 2012.[1]
External links
- ↑ "O'Hara dies of leukemia". 26 June 2012.