ABOUT US

The history of N.L. Villa Memorial Medical Center, more commonly known as Villa Hospital, has been retold time and again. It is a story rooted in the noble vision of Nemesio Katigbak Villa, Jr., then a purposeful and aspiring young man, who dreamed of becoming a doctor and building a hospital in honor of his father, Dr. Nemesio Leyesa Villa, Sr.

Dr. Nemesio Leyesa Villa, Sr. served the people of Lipa as Municipal Health Officer for more than 22 years. The young Nemesio, Jr., known as Junior to family and friends and the youngest among six children, grew up seeing his father put up beds in his cramped clinic to accommodate his needy patients. This inspired Junior to dream of rendering service through the medical profession. He pursued medical studies in Manila and, in 1965, Dr. Junior went on to obtain medical specialist training for pediatric surgery in the United States. It was there where he married his love and lifelong partner, a Bicolana with roots in Juban, Sorsogon, Dr. Norma Samaniego Alidogan, herself, an internist and anesthesiologist.

Even while in the United States, Dr. Junior continued to cultivate his dream someday building a hospital through which he could bring honor to his father and continue their chosen vocation. After Dr. Villa, Sr.’s death in 1965, Dr. Junior laid out his plan to start the groundwork of building his hospital with the able support of Dr. Norma, who was equal to the task. Together, they began to accumulate rudimentary equipment with limited personal funds, all while completing their training and starting a young family.

In 1968, the couple returned home to Lipa armed with the latest medical training, some equipment frugally acquired from the United States, and a strong resolve to achieve their common goal. Within a year, they, with the support of the rest of the Villa family, built a modest 25- bed medical facility on where Villa Hospital now stands along the street formerly known as Gatpolintan.

Over the years, Villa Hospital has grown from the small hospital almost entirely staffed by family members to full-fledged medical center with multiple health care providers. With Dr. Junior at the forefront of medical services and chief architect and face of the facility, Villa Hospital has built a good name for itself as a family-owned hospital with state-of –the art diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitation facilities, combining a more personal approach to medical service with cutting edge technology. Its reputation spread not only within the City of Lipa, but beyond to other towns and cities in Southern Tagalog.

Over the years, Villa Hospital has grown from the small hospital almost entirely staffed by family members to full-fledged medical center with multiple health care providers. With Dr. Junior at the forefront of medical services and chief architect and face of the facility, Villa Hospital has built a good name for itself as a family-owned hospital with state-of –the art diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitation facilities, combining a more personal approach to medical service with cutting edge technology. Its reputation spread not only within the City of Lipa, but beyond to other towns and cities in Southern Tagalog.

Today, under the stewardship of Dr. Norma, the third generation Villa family physicians and professionals has taken helm at the Villa Hospital. Inspired by the exacting standards imposed by excellence-driven Dr. Junior and his emphasis on medical service as a mission , the current generation aims to carry on the tradition of Dr. Junior’s brand of providing quality medical services to the people of Lipa and surrounding areas. In pursuit of this, the Villa Hospital continues to strive for a wider range of services for the people, provide patients with better quality medical care, promote professional growth among its staff, have expert physicians in their respective fields, and be progressive in approaching total health care.

The same values of services excellence and genuine concern for patient acre espoused by its founder – all for the greater glory of God- underlie all the plans and dreams that the family has for the Villa Hospital. Anchored on these values guided by the vision of Dr. Junior for an era approaching five decades, Villa Hospital will go beyond honouring the memory of Dr. Nemesio Villa Sr., but will continue strive to live up to Dr. Junior’s quixotic motto of being dedicated to the service of the people through the medical profession.

Villa Hospital remains committed to carrying on the noble task enshrined in the work underlying what it is today, and the ideals of a dreamer and true visionary, that is, Dr. Nemesio K. Villa, Jr.

To be one of the best medical center in the region, providing the best medical care possible to the people of Lipa City, as well as the neighboring towns and cities.

To be one of the best Medical Center in Southern Tagalog

• Excellence: Competence, Dedication to work, Professionalism

• Integrity: Honesty, Truthfulness, Transparency

• Service to Others: Customer Oriented

• Teamwork: Harmony, Cooperation, Synergy

• Respect: Treating persons with Dignity and Reverence

• Stewardship: Prudent use of resources, energy