The impetus of the college started in 1979, when the husband and wife tandem of Dr. Romeo B. Casual and Dra. Ruby Lanting-Casaul rented a garage-sized room along Sangandaan, Quirino Highway and converted it into a Lying-in owing to the increasing number of patients and deliveries. In 1980, the couple applied for a medical license for 10 beds with primary care services catering to minor surgical and obstetrical services plus some basic laboratory examinations.