The Cagayan Valley Medical Center started from an Army tent. Immediately after the war in 1945, the 37th Infantry put up the 43rd Field Hospital that came from Pangasinan under Major Anderson of the United State Marine Corps, treating both Filipino and American soldiers. This is with the wholehearted cooperation of the late Dr. Venancio del Rosario. At first, it was purely a military affair but they extended their services to civilians when they saw the need for it as a result of the war diseases inflicted due to exposure, injuries and malnutrition.
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