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House Billno.__ 3982__

Introduced by Representative Peter M. Unabia

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate the Medina Hospital in the Municipality of Medina,
Misamis Oriental from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro and
convert it into a general hospital to be known as the Medina General Hospital and
appropriating funds therefor.

Section 11 of Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution provides:

“Sec. 11. 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.”

In 1948, the Puericulture Center and Women's Club was organized by Donia
Felipa N. Pelaez, the mother of former Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez. In 1976, the
Board of Directors of the Puericulture Center was established a maternity hospital to
provide health services to the women and children of Medina. The provincial
government of Misamis Oriental supported the hospital by giving monthly financial aid to
cover the expenses and salaries of the medical staff.

In 2005, the subsidies were stopped which led to the termination of the operation
of the Medina Hospital. For the next five years, the Medina Hospital was not
operational. Eventually, the leaders of the Women's Club, with the consent of its
members, donated the Medina Hospital to the Department of health ( DOH ). Under the
present administration, President Benigno S. Aquino III allocated for the facilities and
Six Million Pesos for the maintenance and other operating expenses of the hospital.

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Presently, the Medina Hospital is a 25-bed capacity hospital which serves as a
satellite hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center ( NMMC ) in Cagayan de
Oro City. The hospital provides preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the
residents of the Municipality of Medina including the neighboring Talisayan, Gingoog
City and other municipalities of Misamis Oriental

To ensure the sustainable operation of the hospital, it is necessary to separate
the Medina Hospital from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and convert it into a
general hospital under the supervision of the Department of Health.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. S982

Introduced by Honorable Peter “ Sr. Pedro” Unabia

AN ACT
SEPERATING THE MEDINA HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF MEDINA, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL FROM THE
NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER IN CAGAYAN DE
ORO CITY, CONVERTING IN INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO
BE KNOWN AS THE MEDINA GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion Into a General
Hospital. The Medina Hospital in the Municipality of Medina,
Misamis Oriental is hereby separated from the Northern Mindanao
Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City and converted into a general
hospital to be known as the Medina General Hospital.

SEC. 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities — All personnel,
assets, liabilities and records of the Medina Hospital are hereby
transferred to and absorbed by the Medina General Hospital.


SEC. 3. Appropriations. — The Secretary of Health shall
immediately include in the Department’s program the
operationalization of the Medina General Hospital, the initial funding
of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations
for the Department of Health. Thereafter, the amount necessary for
the continued operation of the hospital shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Implementation. - The Secretary of Health shall
issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective
implementation of this Act.

SEC!S: Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen ( 15 )

days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in any
newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.