EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL 
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, FROM ONE THOUSAND 
TWO HUNDRED (1,200) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED (1,500) BEDS 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall 
protect the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. 
It is the policy of the state to ensure that all communities have access to quality and 
accessible healthcare.
The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) is a general tertiary, 
teaching and training hospital in Region VII. VSMMC is the Mega Multi Specialty 
Hospital of the Visayas that offers various medical services and specialty centers. It 
accommodates all patients throughout the region and neighboring provinces. 
Currently, VSMMC admits more than 1,314 patients per day, with an average of 1,350 
outpatients daily with only one thousand two hundred (1,200) bed capacity.
To expand the medical needs of VSMMC to provide an efficient and effective 
delivery of health services to the province of Cebu and Cebu City this bill proposes to 
increase the bed capacity of the VSMMC located in Cebu City, from one thousand two 
hundred 
(1,200) to one thousand 
five 
hundred 
(1,500) 
beds. 
Given 
the 
abovementioned circumstances, the immediate passage of this bill is necessary.
IMEE R. MARCOS


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
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SENATE
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL 
MEDICAL CENTER (VSMMC) OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, FROM ONE 
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) TO ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED 
(1,500) BEDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1, The authorized bed capacity of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical 
Center (VSMMC) of the province of Cebu is hereby increased from one thousand two 
hundred (1,200) to one thousand five hundred (1,500) beds.
Section 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services 
of the Vicente Sotto Medical Memorial Center (VSMMC), shall be correspondingly 
upgraded to include the increase in the number of its medical personnel. The 
Department of Health (DOH) shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for 
the effective implementation of this Act.
Section 3. The increase in the bed capacity of the VSMMC from one thousand 
two hundred (1,200) to one thousand five hundred (1,500) beds shall be implemented 
within the period of six (6) months to one (1) year from the approval of this Act.
Section 4. The DOH, through its approved annual budget, shall initially provide 
the necessary funding to support the increase in bed capacity of the VSMMC. The


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entire budgetary requirements of VSMMC for its operation and the upgrading of its 
facilities and services shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act the 
following year of its enactment.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,