Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

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House Bill No. 3786

Introduced by Representatives SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO,
FERDINAND ALEXANDER A. MARCOS, ANGELO MARCOS BARBA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This legislative measure is a substitute bill to House Bill No, 1904 which
was filed earlier this 19" Congress, It was originally filed as House Bill No. 10519
in the 18" Congress without the integration of Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos
Emergency Hospital. It was approved by the House on December 13, 2021 and was
also approved in the Senate Committee Hearing on March 22, 2022.

This bill is filed to address the cries and pleas of the people of Ifugao as a
province and those in the eastern border of Mt. Province for a decent hospital while
re-establishing the old Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital in
Barangay Panopdopan, Municipality of Lamut, Province of Ifugao which was
abandoned by the provincial government in 2010. It would also address the needs
of those from the province of Kalinga and Apayao for sufficient medical facilities
without tribal and ethnic discriminations. Furthermore, Ifugao is the home of the
famous rice terraces with four (4) UNESCO heritage sites. One of the essential
requirements for a meaningful and doable tourism industry is the establishment
and presence of a decent medical facility to address the needs of foreign and local

tourists in the area.

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Ifugao’s population was recorded at 207,498 in the 2020 Census of
Population and Housing, and was projected to significantly increase by 2050. This
shows an increase of over 17,000 from the 2010 population which was 191,078. Of
Ifugao’s eleven municipalities, Alfonso Lista’s recorded population was the largest
(at 16.42%), followed by Lamut (12.64%), Aguinaldo (10.18%), Banaue (9.95%).
Lagawe (9.10%), Tinoc (8.9%), Kiangan (8.53%), Asipulo (7.69%), Mayoyao
(7.53%), Hingyon (4.79%), and Hungduan (4.27%). As Ifugao is a popular tourist
destination, this population is often augmented by thousands of outsiders, An
estimated 250,000 foreign as well as local tourists and visitors come to the province
each year.

Yet despite the growing population and volume of visitors received by our
province every year, it is an acknowledged reality that provincial health facilities
are unable to meet their needs. It is a common experience for residents of Ifugao
and tourists to have to go out of the province in order to receive adequate health
care, often to Bauko in the Mountain Province or Solano in Nueva Vizcaya. In the
interest of providing more Ifugaos, as well as the neighboring eastern borders of
Mt. Province, Province of Kalinga, and Province of Apayao, and foreign and local
tourists, with easier access to adequate health care, this bill proposes for the
establishment in the Municipality of Mayoyao, Province of Ifugao, a Level II
general hospital to be known as the Eastern Cordillera Regional Hospital, and
integrating therewith the Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital
in the Municipality of Lamut, Ifugao and retaining its name as such.

For the foregoing reasens, speedy passage of this measure is earnestly

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3786

Introduced by Representatives SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO,
FERDINAND ALEXANDER A. MARCOS, ANGELO MARCOS BARBA

AN ACT

ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAYOYAO, PROVINCE OF
IFUGAO, A LEVEL II GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE
EASTERN CORDILLERA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INTEGRATING
THEREWITH THE MAJOR FERDINAND EDRALIN MARCOS EMERGENCY
HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY PANOPDOPAN, MUNICIPALITY OF LAMUT,
IFUGAO, RETAINING ITS NAME AS SUCH, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREOF

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled.

SECTION 1. There shall be established in the Municipality of Mayoyao,
Province of Ifugao, a level II general hospital to be known as the Eastern
Cordillera Regional Hospital, and integrating therewith the Major Ferdinand
Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital in the Municipality of Lamut, Ifugao,
retaining its name as such, which shall be under the direct control and supervision
of the Department of Health (DOH).

SEC. 2. Any further increase in bed capacity, healthcare facilities, service
capability, and human resource complement shall be based on the hospital
development plan that shall be prepared by the DOH.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.


SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, issuances and rules and regulations
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,