Bicol Regional Training and Teaching HospitalFacility

Sometime in 1918, an Army station hospital was situated in the U.S. Army Reservation that was then occupying a large portion of the present Legazpi-Daraga boundary area. The hospital building, a two-story “barracks” type structure, was donated by the U.S. government to the Provincial Government of Albay, and  it became the provincial hospital. It was headed by Dr. Shannon Richmond, who was also the district health officer. The Albay Provincial Hospital was the first government hospital in the region. The promulgation of Commonwealth Act and Amendment Act No. 2168 in 1927 started the Albay Provincial Hospital on a better course toward serving the medical needs of the province. The act authorized the construction of a three-story concrete building, which was to house 50 beds and the doctor’s office and dispensary. The main building was inaugurated on May 27, 1928. The  building was converted into a nurse’s home.