Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, £159

Introduced by Representative Conrado M. Estrella III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The right to health is a constitutionally enshrined right of every Filipino.
Section 15, Article II of the Constitution provides, “The state shall promote and
protect the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among
them.”

The Constitution further provides, in Section 11, Article XIII thereof, “The
state shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health
development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other
social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be priority
for the needs of the underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children.
The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.”

To promote and protect the right to health, the State must ensure the
establishment of appropriate and accessible health facilities that provide needed
and affordable health services to the greater number of our people especially the
less privileged,

‘The universal health care thrust of the administration as embodied in
Republic Act No. 11223, otherwise known as the Universal Health Care Act, is
anchored on the constitutional imperatives for promoting and protecting the
right to health of every Filipino especially the poor who cannot afford to pay for
needed health care services.

Pursuant to the aforementioned constitutional imperatives and the policy
of the Duterte administration to achieve universal health care for our people,
this bill seeks to establish a reginal hospital to be known as the Eastern


Pangasinan Regional Medical and Trauma Center to be located in the
Municipality of Rosales, Pangasinan.

The existing regional medical facility in the province located in Dagupan
City is largely inaccessible to Pangasinenses residing in Eastern Pangasinan.
People have to travel such long distance to reach Dagupan City so as to avail of
needed medical services. Dagupan City is prone to flooding during the rainy
season which makes access to medical services therein even more difficult. It is
harrowing to imagine the hardships of people residing in Eastern Pangasinan
particularly those who need emergency medical assistance and trauma
interventions, who have to traverse such long distance to Dagupan City to receive
the medical help they need! Existing district hospitals with their limited bed
capacity also do not provide enough of the medical services needed by the people
especially for emergency medical care and trauma interventions.

The establishment of the Eastern Pangasinan Regional Medical and
Trauma Center will ensure that the people of Eastern Pangasinan as well as
those in adjacent localities including portions of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija are
provided easy and timely access to affordable medical services they direly need
thereby making universal health care a meaningful reality in their daily lives.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is strongly urged.

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uty Speaker


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 6159

Introduced by Rep. Conrado M. Estrella III

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE
EASTERN PANGASINAN REGIONAL MEDICAL AND TRAUMA CENTER IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROSALES, PANGASINAN
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. There is hereby established in the Municipality of Rosales,
Province of Pangasinan a three-hundred (300) bed capacity Regional Hospital to
be known as the Eastern Pangasinan Regional Medical and Trauma Center
under the direct control, supervision and management of the Department of
Health (DOH).

Section 2. The Department of Health (DOH) shall promulgate the rules
and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

Section 3. 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 every year thereafter.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved,