THE Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, also known as the Riverside Medical Center, in Bacolod City turned 60 years old last week.

In 1954, Dr. Pablo Torre had embarked on a grand venture with nothing in mind but to deliver quality healthcare services to Negrenses.

He had converted a portion of his house beside the river to a simple eight-bed clinic.

Torre invited the Carmelite Sisters to administer the hospital when his clinic expanded to become Riverside General Hospital.

Later he opened the School of Midwifery and approved by the Ministry of Education in 1958. The School of Nursing followed a short time after. It later became College of Nursing. Soon, other health courses were opened.

In 1972, the Riverside Medical Center became a premier health care facility. The hospital is now named Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital (DPOTMH), in honor of its founder, while the school is named Riverside College.

Over the years, both the hospital and college have expanded to offer better and improved services.

Six decades after, the DPOTMH now becomes a hospital of 300 beds, and houses state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, and is now considered one of the premiere centers of wellness in the country.

Truly a man of vision, Dr. Torre had changed the medical landscape in Bacolod and the province of Negros Occidental.

In line with the hospitals 60th anniversary, and the 100th birthday of Dr. Torre, the management held a groundbreaking for the seven-storey building at the hospital compound last Friday.

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Changing the medical landscape in Bacolod