In 1994, Bp. Alo contacted the Camillians in Manila. Fr. Ivo Z. Anselmi, MI, then first councilor of the Far East Vice Province, welcomed the idea of putting up a private hospital. Fr. Ivo and the late Fr. Pietro Ferri, MI, visited Mati and chose Madang as the site. Formal discussions took place in Quezon City with the representatives of the Far East Vice Province (Fr. Antonio Didone, MI, the Superior of the Far East Vice Province, Fr. Ivo Anselmi, MI, Fr. Alois Kreienbaum, MI, the Provincial Superior of German Province, and Fr. Dietmar Weber, MI, the Mission Procurator of the German Province). Architect Manuel Rosales was commissioned to design the hospital.

In 1995, Br. Peter Schiffer, MI, arrived in Mati with Fr. Manny Tamayo, MI, Fr. Antonio Didone, MI, Fr. Dietmar Weber, MI, and Fr. Rolando Fernandez, MI. The construction of the hospital and its peripheral buildings started and was finished by 1997.

In 1998, Br. Peter was officially appointed as Hospital Administrator and Fr. Rogelio Jadulco joined him as Hospital Chaplain. SEC Davao Extension Office approved the hospital’s Certificate of Incorporation thus the hospital was officially named as St. Camillus Hospital (SCH) of Mati Foundation, Inc. For free consultations and other medical services, mobile clinics were sent two to three times a month to remote areas of Davao Oriental, and was later extended to the residents of Kiburiao, Quezon, Bukidnon, a 5-hour ride from Mati, in 2005. On April 15, 1998, the Outpatient Department (OPD) was inaugurated and the Inpatient Department (IPD) on October 9 the following year. The laboratory services were improved with the acquisition of Selectra Automated Chemistry Analyzer.

In 2000, Fr. Regalado Ente Jr. replaced Fr. Rogelio as hospital chaplain and collaborator to the Diocese of Mati. The Department of Health approved SCH’s application for license to operate as Primary Hospital, and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) accreditation for Primary Hospital was granted.

In 2001, two cargo containers of medical supplies and hospital equipment, through the auspices of Collaboration Sante Internationale, were sent to Mati. The hospital also acquired a new Kia Pregio ambulance. Fr. Regalado left Mati for his Scripture studies in Rome and Sch. Dr. Jaime ‘James’ Roa and Fr. Ruben Mandin, MI, (?) replaced him. The DOH-Manila Licensing team approved SCH’s application for license to operate as Secondary Hospital, and the hospital’s Operating Room (OR) Department was opened.

In 2002, PHIC accreditation for Secondary Hospital category was granted. DOH conferred SCH as Baby-friendly Health Institution. SCH hired Mrs. Virginia S. Concha, RM, RN, MAN as its Nursing Director. Fr. Nilo A. Deligero, MI, replaced Fr. Ruben who was reassigned in Quezon City. While serving in Mati, Dr. James Roa was ordained deacon and eventually, a priest. This same year, CBHCP acquired the Social Center at the adjacent lot of the hospital, which served as training and seminar venue for community health care workers and volunteers.

On April 4, 2003, the hospital convent was blessed. Br. Peter went back to Germany to settle some unfinished projects, and after the short term of Arvin Pereja as Hospital Administrator, Fr. James was temporarily appointed as Hospital Administrator and Medical Director.

In 2004, Fr. Marcelo “Bong” Pamintuan, MI, was officially appointed as Hospital Director with the support of the following: Imelda Custodio as Hospital Administrator; Dr. Severo Arnao, Medical Director; Virginia Concha, Nursing Director. Br. Marcelino S. Digal, MI, and Sch. Angel V. Crisostomo, MI, added Camillian support. Fr. Ivo invited the Camillian Sisters to work in the hospital with the Camillian Fathers. SCH, as an affiliate of Taiwan’s St. Mary’s School of Nursing, began its training program to the school’s first batch of student nurses.

For the past years, the hospital’s foundation anniversary was celebrated on different dates. During a director’s meeting in 2005, it was agreed, henceforth, that it would be commemorated on April 15 because it was on April 15, 1998 that the hospital opened its doors to patients for the first time.

To accommodate the increasing number of patients, SCH expanded its services in 2006: new ICU, OR-DR complex, dental clinic, additional private and semi-private rooms, devised socialized prices to help poor patients, and opened a new bacteriology laboratory. And in 2007, Sr. Leandrina Aclan, CS, assumed directorship of CBHCP as CBHCP resumed its outreach services using mobile clinics to Tiblawan and Lavigan, Governor Generoso and Calapagan, Lupon in Davao Oriental and Maragusan, Compostela Valley. 31 participants underwent different phases in training-workshops on basic alternative healthcare. CBHCP initiated a seminar on sustainable agriculture (organic farming) and held feeding sessions as needed in NASA area, sitio Guang-Guang, Brgy. Dahican.

As 2008 gave way to the inauguration of the new Eye Care clinic and the computerization of the hospital information system, in 2009 the CBHCP group had its first harvest of the organic black rice in Taguibo, and also opened an opportunity for the construction of the Traditional and Community Medicine Center.

After spending six years in Mati, Fr. Bong was reassigned in Mabuhay chaplaincy in 2010. Fr. Angel Crisostomo, MI, assumed the position of Hospital Director. And as part of SCH’s improvement was a construction of six additional suite rooms. A new information management system was implemented and new machines and equipment were gradually purchased.

Medical and Surgical services:
1. Internal Medicine
2. Pediatrics
3. Obstetrics and Gynecology
4. General Surgery
5. Urology
6. Ophthalmology
7. Orthopedics
8. Family Medicine

Program:

Community-based health care Program:
Alternative traditional services and training: acupressure, acupuncture, moxibustion, reflexology, cupping, therapeutic bath, hot compress