Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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Introduced by REP. RAUL V. DEL MAR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to increase the bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial
Medical Center (VSMMC) located at B. Rodriguez Street, Cebu City from One
Thousand Two Hundred (1,200) beds to One Thousand Five Hundred

1,500) Beds.

VSMMC is a general tertiary medical center teaching training medical
facility owned by the Philippine Government. It aims to provide health care
services that are available, affordable, accessible and acceptable to all
regardless of social status.

On June 22, 1998 Republic Act No. 8658 principally authored by Rep.
Raul V. Del Mar was enacted increasing the bed capacity of VSMMC from
400 to 800 beds. Subsequently, Republic Act No. 10770 principally
authored again by Rep. Del Mar increasing the bed capacity of VSMMC from
800 to 1200 bed capacity and appropriating funds therefor was enacted on
April 26, 2016. As of today, VSMMC admits more than 1,314 patients per
day and with an average of 1,350 patients daily at the Out Patient
Department (OPD).

Presently, the VSMMC is implementing its new direction with the
development of Specialty and Sub-specialties under the different clinical
departments.


The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) is the Mega
Multi Specialty Hospital of the Visayas with various services in Anesthesia;
General Cardiovascular, Neurological, Plastic and Reconstructive, Urology,
Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology and Kidney Transplant
Surgeries; Center for Behavioral Sciences; Internal Medicine; Cardiac
Catheterization; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics; | Emergency
Medicine; Rehabilitation Medicine; Outpatient Services; Family Medicine;
Blood Center; Pathology; Radiology; Health Profession Education; and
Nursing Services. With various Specialty Centers catering to Heart-Lung
Center, Kidney Transplant Center, Oncology Center, Trauma Center, Burn
Treatment Centers, Orthopedic Center, Eye Center, Women’s Health Center
(CECAP), Center for Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Diabetes
Control Center, Biomarine Poisoning and Toxicology Center, Geriatric
Center, Supportive Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Neonatology Center,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center.

In view of the strategic location, the expanding needs of VSMMC and
the desire to provide an efficient and effective delivery of health services to
the public in Cebu City, Province of Cebu and the rest of the Visayas and
provinces in Mindanao fronting the island of Cebu, the approval of this

measure is earnestly requested.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 0495

Introduced by REP. RAUL V. DEL MAR

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL
MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM ONE THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED (1,200) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (1,500)
BED CAPACITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical
Center is hereby increased from one thousand two Hundred (1,200) to one
thousand five hundred (1,500) beds.

SEC. 2. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its
enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 3. The Department of Health is directed to implement this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,