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17" CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. VIEL

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G, ESCUDERO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Dr. Femando B. Duran, Sr. Memorial Hospital (formerly
Sorsogon Provincial Hospital) in the Provinee of Sorsogon into a tertiary hospital which shall be
placed under the supervision and control of the Department of Health.

Section 15, Article II of the Constitution provides that “Zhe State shall protect and promote
the right to health of the people and instill consciousness among them.” It is then the obligation of
the State to enhance the delivery of health services to the people.

The Dr. Fernando B. Duran, St. Memorial Hospital (formerly Sorsogon Provincial Hospital)
caters to the medical and health needs of the people in the Provinee of Sorsogon. Converting the
hospital to a tertiary hospital with an increased bed capacity will provide better health services.
Upgraded and efficient facilities which will emphasize preventive care will be readily available for
the patients. Hopefully, it will also result in a decrease in the mortality rate in the province
Increasing its bed capacity to two hundred fifty (250) beds will greatly benefit the people of the
province and nearby areus considering the additional number of patients that the hospital will be
able to accommodate.

In view of the foregoing, early passage of the bill is urgently requested.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

17" CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 419

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G. ESCUDERO.

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE DR. FERNANDO B. DURAN, SR. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(FORMERLY SORSOGON PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL) IN THE PROVINCE OF
SORSOGON FROM SECONDARY TO TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL UNDER THE
FULL ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY FROM ONE HUNDRED (100) TO.
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Dr. Femando B. Duran, Sr. Memorial Hospital (formerly Sorsogon
Provincial Hospital) in the Province of Sorsogon is hereby converted from secondary to tertiary
hospital under the direct administrative and technical supervision of the Department of Health
(DOH).

SEC. 2. The authorized bed capacity of the Dr. Femando B. Duran, Sr. Memorial Hospital
in the Provinee of Sorsogon is hereby increased from one hundred (100) to two hundred fifty 250)
beds.

SEC. 3. The existing hospital facilities and professional healthcare services of the Dr.
Fernando B. Duran, Sr. Memorial Hospital are hereby upgraded and increased commensurate to the
increase in bed capacity. The number of medical personnel shall be correspondingly increased.

SEC. 4, The Provincial Government of Sorsogon shall continue to provide the necessary
funds to support the increase in bed capacity of the Dr. Femando B. Duran, St. Memorial Hospital
and the corresponding upgrading of its facilities and services until such tie that the DOH shall have
fully funded the capital outlay requirements of the hospital and its operating expenses in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for
the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC.6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette ot in a newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,