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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 44835

Introduced by Hon. John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto, Hon, Edward Vera Perez Maceda,
Hon. Angelina Tan, Hon. Carlo V. Lopez, Hon. Manuel Luis T. Lopez, Hon, Rosenda Ann
Ocampo, and Hon. Cristal L. Bagatsing

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The most important role of hospitals and health institutions is to provide adequate and competent
medical services to the people. The reality, however, is that it is difficult to secure medical
services from big private hospitals that often charge medical fees that the ordinary Filipino cannot
afford, leaving them with no other option but to rely on the arguably insufficient medical services
provided by government hospitals. This is especially true with patients afflicted with cancer,
Serious skin diseases, and those in need of surgery, where the medical procedures required
involve a great amount of money. Sadly, perennial budgetary problems plague government
hospitals and prevent them from filling this great void in the Filipinos’ health care needs.

The Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) is the flagship hospital of the
Department of Health (DOH). Through the years, JRRMMC has tried to provide the public with
premium yet affordable health care services. It caters not only to patients from Metro Manila, but
also to patients referred by other medical institutions from various provinces.

Statistics show that the daily admission of JRRMMC for emergency consultation and treatment,
medical cases involving cancer causing diseases, and dermatology related problems, have
increased through the years. JRRMMC has efficiently responded to this call despite its limited
resources. However, the steady growth of medical cases, particularly in the fields of trauma,
cancer and dermatology, necessitate the need for the government to review JRRMMC's policies.

‘There is an imperative need to upgrade the status of the JRRMMC to a national medical center
for trauma, cancer and dermatology of the Department of Health. To realize this goal, the
improvement of this premier government hospital is necessary. This bill aims to provide the
JRRMMC two new buildings for its patients, increase its bed capacity, and equip it with state-of-
the-art laboratory facilities.

This legislation aims to create a more responsive health institution that will address the pressing
medical needs of the people, more particularly the poor and the marginalized of society.

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Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

JOHN “YU SERVO” NIETO EDWARD VERA PEREZ MACEDA
REPRE: TIVEh 3° DISTRICT OF REPRESENTATIVE, 47 DISTRICT OF
MANIL, MANILA

REPRESENTATIVE, 4!" DSITRICT OF
QUEZON INCE

CARL LOPEZ
REPREWENTATIVE, 2" DSITRICT OF
MANILA

Mok (S T/LOPEZ

REPRESENTATIVE, 1% DISTRICT OF
MANILA

REPRESENTATIVE, 6" DISTRICT OF
MANILA

CRISTAL L. B, TSING
REPRESENTATIVE, 5 DISTRICT OF
MANILA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4435

House Bill No.

Introduced by Hon. John Marvin “Yul Servo” Nieto, Hon. Edward Vera Perez Maceda,
Hon. Angelina Tan, Hon. Carlo V. Lopez, Hon. Manuel Luis T. Lopez, Hon. Rosenda Ann
Ocampo, and Hon. Cristal L. Bagatsing

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE JOSE R. REYES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (JRRMMC) INTO A
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAUMA, CANCER AND
DERMATOLOGY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Jose R, Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC), hereinafter referred to as
the Center, located along Rizal Avenue in Manila, shall be upgraded into a Department of Health
National Center for trauma, cancer and

dermatology.

SEC 2. To enable the Center to effectively carry out its functions as a national center for trauma
cancer and dermatology, a modern twelve-story main building with a heliport for emergency
operations shall be constructed within the JRRMMC compound

SEC 3. The Center, manned by an adequate number of competent personnel, shall be equipped
with modern facilities to be housed in the main building, particularized as follows:

(a) Aone thousand five hundred (1 500) bed capacity for in-patients;

(b) Emergency facilities for at least seven hundred (700) cases per day;

(0) Fully-equipped special care units such as, but not limited to, the Medical Intensive Care
Unit (MICU), the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU), Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SKU) and the Burns, Stroke, Spine, Renal and
Pulmonary Care Units;

(d) State-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and modalities;


(e) Modern training and research laboratory facilities;

(f) Complete sectionalized laboratory and blood banking system;
(g) Computer-based Integrated Hospital Information System;

(h) Other facilities and amenities necessary for a premier teaching-training medical center.

SEC 4. A four-story complex shall also be constructed within the JRRMMC compound to house
service facilities with departmentalized clinics for two thousand out-patients,

SEC 5. The execution of the project plan for the physical plant of the Center shall be undertaken
by the Department of Health (DOH) in consultation with the Department of Public Works and
Highways,

SEC 6. Such amounts as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be taken
from the budget of the Department of Health for Fiscal Year 2017. Thereafter, the budgetary
requirement for the Center's operation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC 7. Alllaws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,