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Republic of the Philippines :_ JUN
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _ 6993

Introduced by HON. JERICHO JONAS B. NOGRALES

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE DAVAO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FROM SIX HUNDRED (600) TO ONE
THOUSAND (1000) BEDS, UPGRADING THE SERVICE FACILITIES
AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE THEREIN, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Davao Regional Medical Center (“DRMC”) is a government tertiary
training hospital at the heart of Tagum City, serving patients from Compostela
Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Surigao del Sur, Agusan
del Norte, and Agusan del Sur. In 2015, its capacity was increased from two hundred
(200) to six hundred (600) beds in response to the hospital’s need to enhance its
capacity to serve a larger area.

Today, the DRMC provides top notch health services to the region and has to
be contributed significantly to Mindanao’s health sector development. It holds the
distinction of being the Cancer Center for Mindanao and has the only accredited
Kidney Transplant Program in Mindanao. Additionally, it operates beyond Tagum
City through its Extension Hospital in San Isidro, Davao del Norte, which is in dire
need of competent manpower to adequately serve the population therein.


In order to sufficiently provide for health service needs of the region and
further promote the development of Mindanao’s health sector, this bill seeks to
increase the bed capacity of the DRMC from six hundred (600) to one thousand beds
and provide for the manpower needed for the operations of its Extension Hospital.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is highly and earnestly
sought.

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JERICHO JONAS B. NOGRALES


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 5993

Introduced by HON. JERICHO JONAS B. NOGRALES

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE DAVAO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FROM SIX HUNDRED (600) TO ONE
THOUSAND (1000) BEDS, UPGRADING THE SERVICE FACILITIES
AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE THEREIN, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Davao Regional Medical Center
(“DRMC”) in Apokon, Tagum City is hereby increased from six hundred (600) to
one thousand (1000) beds, which shall be implemented upon the approval of this
Act.

SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the
DRMC are also hereby upgraded and increased top conform with and be
commensurate to the increase in bed capacity.

SEC. 3. Upon consultation with the DRMC, the Department of Health shall, in
coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service
Commission, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up
in the workforce of DRMC.


SEC. 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year following its
enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 5. All laws, decrees, orders, issuances rules and regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions of 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,