Our History

Image of Employees of American Outpatient Clinic and some of their family members in the year 1978

American Hospital, Inc. was founded in 1955 by Dwight, Dill M.D., who served as its first Medical Director.

The clinic was conceived to cater to the medical needs of the Filipino people, specifically the working class, which included U.S. immigrant applicants, seafarers, and missionaries. It was designed to conduct medical examinations using procedures such as Physical Check-Ups, X-rays, Psychological Tests, and Laboratory Examinations in order to determine an applicant’s physical capability to work.

1978

Dwight, Dill M.D. retired and the clinic was sold to his Associate, Leticia C. Abesamis, M.D. Since then, the clinic began to extend its services to better serve working class applicants as well as to accommodate both U.S. immigrant visa applicants and laymen. It received constant referrals from the U.S. Department of Labor for Employment’s Compensation Disability and Impediment pay, and was accredited by the Overseas Employment Development Board (OEDB), which is now known as the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Recent trends and methods in medicine were adopted by the clinic, and Shipping Lines began to refer repatriated cases due to medical grounds.

American Outpatient Clinic Today

American Outpatient Clinic continues to serve well known International Firms and Shipping Lines through the POEA – DOH – Marina. The clinic and its medical director Leticia C. Abesamis M.D. became the retainer of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), and was accredited by the Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Danish International Ship Register (DIS), Embassy of Sweden, French, Italian Embassy, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Marshall Island, Greek Embassy, Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), Oil & Gas UK (OGUK), Panama, Vanatu, The Netherlands Shipping Inspectorate (Dutch) and BG Verkehr Berufsgenossenschaft fur Transport und Verkehrswirtschaft (German Flag). Dr. Leticia C. Abesamis and Dr. Joseph Bien C. Abesamis were the only ones outside Germany to be accredited by BG Verkehr (German Flag).

For our Land Based services, American Outpatient Clinic is accredited by the Executive Board of Health Ministers Council for GCC (Gulf Council) States (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, U.A.E., and Kuwait), Malaysian FWCMS Bio-Medical, and Philippine Immigration.

We are a member of the United Kingdom P & I Club, The American Club (American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association Inc.), British Marine Club, Steamship Mutual, The Standard Club, and The Swedish Transport (Transport Styrelsen).

American Outpatient Clinic is also certified by the Bureau Veritas Certification (BVC) with an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System. We are also certified by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to process STWC certificates.