Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

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DATE:

19" CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 498

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Introduced by REP. ARJO ATAYDE

AN ACT
UPGRADING AND CONVERTING THE QUEZON CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL,
INTO A MEDICAL CENTER, TO BE KNOWN AS QUEZON CITY GENERAL
HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

The Quezon City General Hospitai (QCGH) was established on 1968 by virtue
of City Ordinance No. 7555 s. 1968

On 1972, R.A. No. 6548 was enacted, amending the Quezon City Charter
elevating the QCGH into a city department and providing for the statutory basis for its
operations.

Since then, the QCGH has faithfully and tirelessly served the constituents of
Quezon City and the rest of our country and has since evolved into a 250-bed capacity
tertiary-level hospital providing modern health care services. it likewise provides
hospital training for prospective medical doctors, nurses and other medical
professionals.

The Quezon City government has gone into great lengths to upgrade the
facilities of the QCGH. In its official website, QCGH lists as its new features the
following

+ Five operating suite iocated at the main OR compiex and one at the OB-OR
complex
+ One OR suite with a view deck for use of residents and nurses under irainin
+ Eight-bed Service Case and six-bed Pay Medicai Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
equipped with patients’ monitor and a centrai monitor
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ed iabor room and eight-bed delivery room with eigt

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‘bed recovery room


However, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how much more is needed to
be improved in order to meet the health service needs, not only for the constituents of
Quezon City but those from other local government units (LGUs) who are in need of
rtiary hospital services that may not be available to them

As such, there is a need to increase bed capacity of the QCGH from 250 to 500.
New personnel and equipment likewise need to be added and procured in order to
accommodate the increase in capacity

As of 2020. the population of Quezon City is just above 2.9 million. Even with
all the government hospitals in the city combined, the bed capacity is still less than
6,000. While doubling the bed capacity of the QCGH will not greatly improve the bed
capacity to population ratio, it will be a significant step in the right direction, and it will
enable QCGH to provide quality health services to many of our countrymen who are
net able to afford to go to private hospitals.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is eamestly sought.
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REP. ARJ® ATAYDE
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

19" CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bit fio._498

Introduced by REP. ARJO ATAYDE

AN ACT
UPGRADING AND CONVERTING THE QUEZON CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
INTO A MEDICAL CENTER, TO BE KNOWN AS QUEZON CITY GENERAL
HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The existing Quezon City General Hospital shail be upgraded and
converted into Quezon City General Hospital and Medical Center (QOGHMC).

SEC. 2. The hospital facilities of the QCGHMC shall be upgraded and
increased, consistent with the requirements of modern medical technology and its
status as a medical center. Accordingly, its bed capacity shall be increased from two
hundred fifty (250) to five hundred (600) beds

SEC. 3. The number of medical personnel of the Quezon City General Hospital
and Medical Center shall correspondingly be increased.

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

SEC. 5. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,