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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 664 
Introduced by Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMHMC) 
located in the City of Batac, lIocos Norte is one of the tertiary hospitals in Region 
1 . Its strategic location in the Northwestern Quad of Luzon makes accessible and 
affordable quality healthcare to patients from lIocos Norte to Northern lIocos 
Sur, Cagayan, Kalinga, Apayao and Abra. The hospital which is run by the 
Department of Health (DOH) has the capability to manage cases from primary 
level to tertiary, with concentration on management of tertiary cases. 
With the global concern on emerging and re-emerging diseases, the state 
should endeavor to equip its hospitals to address the modern day requirements 
of health care. MMMHMC has been considered as the end referral institution in 
this side of the country and has experienced a consistently increasing number of 
admitted patients since 2006 which was 85.06% up to 115% in 2010. 
This bill seeks to increase the authorized bed capacity of MMMHMC from 
two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) with corresponding increase of its 
medical personnel and budget allocation in order to upgrade its service and 
facilities and professional health care. Certainly, the said expansion will 
complement the health care services of our locally run hospitals in the area 
whose services and goal for excellence are commonly impaired by inadequate 
budget allocation. 
Thus, the early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
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FERDINAND . MARCOS, JR. 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 664 
Introduced by SENATOR FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
AN ACT 
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INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 
AND MEDICAL CENTER (MMMHMC) IN BATAC CITY FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO 
THREE HUNDRED (300), UPGRADING ITS SERVICE AND FACILITIES AND 
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL 
PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress Assembled: 
SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Mariano Marcos Memorial 
Hospital and Medical Center (MMMHMC) in the City of Batac, 1I0cos Norte is 
hereby upgraded from two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) beds. 
SECTION 2. The existing service facilities and professional health care 
service of the MMMHMC are hereby upgraded to conform with and be 
commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided for in Section 1 
hereof. 
SECTION 3. The existing workforce shall be correspondingly increased. The 
Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with the Department of Budget 
and Management (DBM) and Civil Service Commission (CSC), shall determine 
the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up upon prior 
consultation with the MMMHMC. 
SECTION 4. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act 
shall be charged against the current year's appropriations for the organizational 
adjustment fund. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued 
operation shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act. 
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval. 
Approved,