EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
)
SENATE
S.B. No. 2303
FILED
202im
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT RENAMING THE QUEZON CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL 
TO QUEZON CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 537, AS AMENDED
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 15 of Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that "The 
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health 
consciousness among them."
On 16 August 1968, the Quezon City General Hospital (QCGH) was officially 
opened by virtue of City Ordinance No. 7555 Series of 1968 with 73 personnel. Dra. 
Fe Villanueva was the 1st Hospital Director of the QCGH.
On 26 August 1972, Republic Act No. 6548 or the Act further Amending Republic 
Act 573, the Revised Quezon City Charter, became a law under the incumbency of 
President Ferdinand Marcos. RA 6548 elevated the QCGH as one of the City 
Departments.
The QCGH is continuously serving the public by making itself a center of 
excellence among local government hospital in the Philippines and strives to provide 
effective and efficient health care services with professionalism and dedication thru 
consistent quality improvement.
As of today, QCGH offers various services under the following departments:
(1) 
Ambulatory Services
(2) 
Department of Pathology
(3) 
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
(4) 
Department of Internal Medicine
(5) 
Department of Anesthesia
(6) 
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
(7) 
Department of Surgery
(8) 
Department of Ophthalmology
(9) 
Department of Pediatrics
(10) OB-Gynecology


(11) Family and Community Medicine
(12) Dental Department
(13) Radiology Department
QCGH is also among the hospitals which continued to operate at the forefront 
during this time of the pandemic. On March 2021, QCGH Director Dr. Josephine 
Sabando confirmed that the occupancy rate of the hospital's COVID-19 ward beds had 
exceeded 100 percent. Dr Sabando, however, stressed that QCGH still admitted walk- 
in non-COVID-19 patients with a set of protocols to be followed for the safety of the 
patient and the healthcare workers as well, realizing the higher demand for medical 
institutions.
The incomparable performance of the QCGH is but fitting to be recognized by 
strengthening the medical institution to encapsulate the improvements and 
developments of the hospital.
This bill therefor seeks to rename the Quezon City General Hospital to "Quezon 
City General Hospital and Medical Center," with the volition of the local government 
of Quezon City, to compliment the upgrading and development that the medical 
institution underwent and to better depict its enhanced status.
In view of the foregoing, the expeditious passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
IMEE R. MARCOS


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
)
SENATE
S.B. No. 2303
FILED
NQb
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT RENAMING THE QUEZON CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL 
TO QUEZON CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 537, AS AMENDED
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
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SECTION 1. The title of Article XIV-A of Republic Act No. 537, as amended by
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Republic Act No. 6548, is hereby amended as follows:
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"Article XIV-A-Quezon City General Hospital AND MEDICAL CENTER"
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SEC. 2. All other provisions of Republic Act No. 6548 which have reference to
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the "Quezon City General Hospital" shall be correspondingly amended to reflect the
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change in name, and any reference to '''hospital' shall refer to Quezon City General
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Hospital and Medical Center.
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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
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Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,