UST HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION vs. STO. TOMAS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

FACTS:
That the petitioner U.S.T. Employees Hospital Association, is a legitimate work organization duly registered
with the Department of Labor under Registration No. 1073. That the respondent U.S.T. Hospital is an institution
owned by the Pontifical University of Sto. Tomas, managed and operated by an Administrator; That the service
being rendered by the Hospital to the public is, by its very nature, continuous that the service rendered by the
Hospital can not be suspended on Sundays and legal holidays; That on May 9, 1951, the petitioner and the
respondent entered into a contract for a period of one year from and after May 15, 1951, Which was renewed the
May 15, 1952 for up to another year and expiring on May 15, 1953 . A copy of said agreement is attached as Annex
"A" of the original petition; That prior to the signing of the agreement on May 9, 1951 A Majority of the employees of
the respondent, including members of the Petitioning Union, were required to work and were working 7 days a week,
including Sundays and holidays; That In accordance with the agreement, the respondent paid the Hospital of the
Petitioning Union members a monthly salary of P120.000 each from and after May 15, 1951, for those employees
who were living outside and P50 and P70 monthly in cash monthly in the form of subsistence and quarters for those
employees who, Because of the nature of their work were required to stay in the quarters provided by the Hospital.
The respondent Hospital from August, 1951, without demand from the members of the Petitioning Union, Increased
their salaries, In accordance with the respondent's view of the law, such that they are now receiving a monthly salary
of P122 a month cash for those living outside P56 and P66 monthly in cash and monthly in the form of subsistence
and quarters for those employees who, Because of the nature of their work, were required to stay in the quarters
provided
by
the
Hospital;

ISSUE:
Whether or not respondent is a charitable institution?
HELD:
From this stipulation there is nothing to indicate that the Hospital of the University of Sto. Tomas has been established
for profit. On the contrary, it is said in the appeal estipulacionde facts "is an institution that has 140 beds and 203
beds payment free, for with the proceeds of the 140 beds to pay the 203 beds are held free of charge. There is no
indication that in this operation has a balance in favor of the hospital that constitutes gain.
It is argued that as the hospital provides material for the instruction of students of the School of Medicine and
strategic receives school fees and instruction, the hospital, therefore, must earn revenue from school. This is a forced
inferncia because the hospital is used, not the school of medicine at the University of Sto Tomas, there is no evidence
that the medical school hospital pay anything for the service that is provided. Medical school was the appeal was not
the only hospital, the question porbalementseria different. Part of the factual findings of the Industrial Court are as
follows:
There is no other means of supporting the Hospital than the pay section. All the expenses are supplied exclusively by
the payward. Although it was established for the instruction of medical students, the matriculation fees paid by said
students are devoted exclusively to the maintenance of the College of Medicine. Thus, no part of the said tuition fees
goes
to
the
sustenance
of
the
charity
ward.