Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

INETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No___ 3569

Introduced by REP. IAN PAUL L. DY

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This proposed bills aims to establish a Level III public hospital to be known as DY
DISTRICT 3 HOSPITAL, with five hundred (500) bed capacity under the direct supervision
and subsidised by the Department of Health.

The trying times we experienced since the emergence of COVID-19 virus in which
hundreds of patients queued in hospitals whether premiere or infirmary seeking immediate
medical attention, accentuated how we lack equipped, accessible and responsive health
facilities.

As envisioned in the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act Of 2019, every Filipino,
particularly the underprivileged, shall have a service delivery of a primary-care oriented and
integrated health care system. Hence, the establishment of a Level Ill hospital in the
Municipality of Alicia will be a considerable relief to the growing population and will
efficiently address the increasing medical and health challenges of the five (5) municipalities,
167 barangays of the Third District of Isabela and other disadvantaged areas/ municipalities.
The Municipality of Alicia is geographically located and considered a business and financial
district.

Accordingly, there is only one (1) Level III Hospital in the province of Isabela which
is the Southern Isabela Medical Center (SIMC) situated at Santiago, Isabela, twelve (12)
kilometers away therefrom, a forty-five (45) minutes to one(1) hour travel from Alicia,
Isabela and even farther from other municipalities of the Third District of Isabela. While
there are existing district hospitals in Isabela, its medical facilities are not fairly well-
equipped in rendering sufficient medical services to the community as such are Level II
hospitals. Considering that poverty incidence is prevalent in these areas, most patients who
are in dire need of the critical care and have to be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
could not afford the services of private hospitals. ‘Thus, there must be an earnest effort from


the government to provide accessible and functional public hospitals to cater any critical-
medical undertaking.

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



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No._3669

Introduced by REP. IAN PAUL L. DY

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALICIA, PROVINCE
OF ISABELA, TO BE KNOWN AS DY DISTRICT 3 HOSPITAL, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the direct supervision of the
Department of Health, a five hundred (500) bed capacity, level III hospital in the
Municipality of Alicia, Third District of the Province of Isabela, in accordance with the
standards of the Department of Health, to be known as DY DISTRICT 3 HOSPITAL.

SECTION 2. The Department of Health shall provide funding for the establishment
and operation of the DY DISTRICT 3 HOSPITAL. The Secretary of Health shall include in
the Department's subsidy program the operation and maintenance of the said hospital in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. Before the construction of the hospital, the Secretary of Health shall
issue a written assurance that the personnel of the hospital will be appointed and that funds

for its maintenance and operation have been appropriated.

SECTION 4. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate the rules and regulations
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act within sixty (60) days from effectivity.

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,