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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. ened

Introduced by Hon. John Marvin “Yul Servo” C. Nieto

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The most important role of hospitals and health institutions is to provide
adequate and competent medical services to the people. The reality, however,
is that it is difficult to secure medical services from big private hospitals that
often charge medical fees that the ordinary Filipino cannot afford, leaving
them with no other option but to rely on the arguably insufficient medical
services provided by government hospitals. This is especially true with
patients afflicted with cancer, serious skin diseases, and those in need of
surgery, where the medical procedures required involve a great amount of
money. Sadly, perennial budgetary problems plague government hospitals
and prevent them from filling this great void in the Filipinos’ health care needs.

The Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (RRMMC) is the flagship hospital
of the Department of Health (DOH). Through the years, JRRMMC has tried to
Provide the public with premium yet affordable health care services. It caters
not only to patients from Metro Manila, but also to patients referred by other
medical institutions from various provinces.

Statistics show that the daily admission of JRRMMC for. emergency
consultation and treatment, medical cases involving cancer causing diseases,
and dermatology related problems, have increased through the years.
JRRMMC has efficiently responded to this call despite its limited resources.
However, the steady growth of medical cases, Particularly in the fields of
trauma, cancer and dermatology, necessitate the government to review
JRRMMC's policies.

There is an imperative need to upgrade the status of the JRRMMC to a national
medical center for trauma, cancer and dermatology of the Department of
Health. To realize this goal, the improvement of this premier government


hospital is necessary. This bill aims to provide the JRRMMC two new buildings
for its patients, increase its bed capacity, and equip it with state-of-the-art
laboratory facilities.

This legislation aims to create a more responsive health institution that will
address the pressing medical needs of the people, more particularly the poor
and the marginalized of society.

Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _5080

Introduced by Hon. John Marvin “Yul Servo” C. Nieto, Hon. Edward
Vera Perez Maceda, Hon. Dale “Along” R. Malapitan, Hon. Eric M.
Martinez, and Hon. Rolando M. Vaieriano

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY TO 1,000 AND
UPGRADING THE JOSE R. REYES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
(JRRMMC) INTO A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) NATIONAL

CENTER FOR TRAUMA, CANCER AND DERMATOLOGY AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC),
hereinafter referred to as the Center, located along Rizal Avenue in Manila,
shall be upgraded into a Department of Health National Center for trauma,
cancer and dermatology.

SEC 2. To enable the Center to effectively carry out its functions as a national
center for trauma, cancer and dermatology, a modern twelve-story main
building with a heliport for emergency nm01zoperations shall be constructed
within the JRRMMC compound.

SEC 3. The Center, manned by an adequate number of competent personnel,
shall be equipped with modern facilities to be housed in the main building,
particularized as follows:

(a) A one thousand (1,000) bed capacity for in-patients;

(b) Emergency facilities for at least seven hundred (700) cases per day;


(c) Fully-equipped special care units such as, but not limited to, the Medical
Intensive Care Unit (MICU), the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU),
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SKU)
and the Burns, Stroke, Spine, Renal and Pulmonary Care Units;

(d) State-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and modalities;
(e) Modern training and research laboratory facilities;

(f) Complete sectionalized laboratory and blood banking system;
(g) Computer-based Integrated Hospital Information System;

(h) Other facilities and amenities necessary for a premier teaching-training
medical center.

SEC 4. A four-story complex shall also be constructed within the JRRMMC
compound to house service facilities with departmentalized clinics for two
thousand out-patients.

SEC 5. The execution of the project plan for the physical plant of the Center
shall be undertaken by the Department of Health (DOH) in consultation with
the Department of Public Works and Highways.

SEC 6. Such amounts as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act
shall be taken from the budget of the Department of Health for Fiscal Year
2017. Thereafter, the budgetary requirement for the Center's operation shall
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC 7. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two
(2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,