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The 47th General Hospital was a reserve unit1 of the United States Army Medical Corps. Organized in 1926 under the commanded of the IX Corps of the United States Army Reserve, its officer staff was mostly comprised of Seventh-day Adventist medical personnel from the College of Medical Evangelists’ White Memorial Hospital. It was activated for service in World War II’s South Pacific Theater from 1943 to 1946. The unit crest included the Latin phrase “Deo Et Humanitas,” which reads “For God and Humanity” in English.
Abonsa Adventist Clinic is one of the pioneering rural health institutions established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern Ethiopia. Founded in 1961–1962. The clinic operates under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Ethiopia Union Mission.
The Adelaide Electro-Hydropathic Institute and Sanitarium was opened in July 1899, the brainchild of Alfred Semmens. It existed for ten years as a struggling institution until it was superseded by the Adelaide Sanitarium which was opened at another site in 1908.
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, previously known as Shawnee Mission Health and Shawnee Mission Medical Center, is a 504-bed hospital in Merriam, Kansas, that serves the Kansas City community with faith-based, whole-person care and a wide range of medical services.
Adventist Dental and Medical Center (formerly Arusha Adventist Dental and Medical Centre) was founded by Tanzania Union in about 1970. It is situated at the foot of Njiro Hill on the outskirts of Arusha City, Tanzania.
The Adventist Clinic of Kinshasa was created in the city of Kinshasa in 1993. It was a health project designed for quality oral care and evangelism.
The first record of the establishment of the Adventist Dental Clinic in Bangladesh indicated that future medical plans included launching the clinic in Dacca during 1973. It was understood that Bangladesh was in great need, and it was the Adventists’ desire to do everything they could to help build the country.
The Adventist Dental Clinic, in Luanda, is a subsidiary medical institution of the North-Eastern Angola Union Mission of Seventh-day Adventists.
The Adventist Dental Services (formerly known as Adventist Orthodontics Services) is one of the Zimbabwe East Union Conference medical entities located in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia).
Adventist Health Castle is a Seventh-day Adventist healthcare facility based in Kailua, Hawaii.
Adventist Health Glendale—known for most of its history as Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital and later as Glendale Adventist Medical Center—is a major not-for-profit, 515-bed acute-care hospital in Glendale, California. Owned and operated by Adventist Health and affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, it is one of the oldest continuously operating Adventist medical institutions in the North American Division and the first medical institution founded by the Southern California Conference.
The Adventist Hospital Cebu, Inc. is a Seventh-day Adventist medical center in Cebu City, Philippines. It began in 1956 as the Miller Sanitarium and Hospital, named for the missionary doctor who helped start it, Harry Willis Miller. Over almost 70 years, it grew from a small 20-bed clinic into a 100-bed hospital. Today, it still serves the people of Cebu City and the wider Visayan islands.
The origin of the Adventist medical work in Nicaragua dates back to 1898 when Pastor Frank Hutchins made his first missionary trip to Nicaragua, sailing on a boat called The Herald on the Prinzapolka River. He reached the coast of the city, where he was forced to anchor due to the threat of a tropical storm.
Adventist Hospital Palawan, also dubbed as “A Happy Place,” is a non-profit organization owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, specifically under the North Philippine Union Conference. It is renowned for providing outstanding medical care and services for the people in the Philippines’ Westernmost islands. It has been operating since 1988.
Adventist Hospital Santiago City, Inc. (AHSCI) stands as one of the oldest and most enduring Adventist medical institutions in the Philippines, bearing witness to more than six decades of Christ-centered healing ministry in the heart of the Cagayan Valley. Operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church through the North Philippine Union Conference (NPUC), it is the sole Adventist medical facility in the Cagayan Valley region.
Adventist Hospital–Davao is an ISO 9001-certified hospital offering excellent health care services to the people of Davao City, the largest city in the Philippines.
Governed by Ukrainian Union Conference, the young and actively growing Adventist Medical Center “Angelia” (formerly Adventist Christian Medical Center) is located at 3, Larisa Rudenko Street, Kiev, Ukraine. The mission of this Medical Center is to promote the ministry of healing of Jesus Christ by providing professional medical care and health education.
The Adventist Medical Center in Bucaramanga, or Unidad Médica Adventista (UMA IPS), is a medical organization under East Colombian Conference of North Colombian Union Conference. Its address is Calle 55, No. 28-05, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
The Adventist Medical Center (Okinawa Medical Center) is a 48-bed medical institution at Nishihara, Okinawa, owned and operated by the Japan Union Conference.
From its humble beginnings in 1948 as a rented two-story house, known as Lakeside Clinic in Marawi City, to a 130-bed capacity DOH-recognized secondary level hospital, Adventist Medical Center-Iligan has overcome many challenges to achieve its current success.