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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6965

HOUSE BILL NO.

Tntwoduced by Rep. Wilfude Mark M. Ewerga

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution provides that the State shall promote and protect the right to
health of the people. It is likewise mandated to adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health development and shall endeavor to make essential good health, and

other social services available to all the people at affordable cost.

In the Province of Quezon, the delivery of public health services in the province is
made through the operation of various public health facilities like government hospitals,
municipal health centers and rural health units. There are about 16 government hospitals
with Quezon Memorial Hospital in Lucena City, as the biggest hospital with 220-bed
capacity. Other district hospitals are located in Alabat, Atimonan, Lopez, Gumaca,
Mauban, Infanta, Catanauan, Tagkawayan, Sampaloc, Polillo, Unisan, Candelaria,
Guinayangan, San Francisco and San Narciso. They have an aggregate bed capacity of only
585 as of the Year 2000. Hence there is not enough hospital beds in the province
especially in the first district of Quezon which only has 80 hospital beds inadequate to

service the in patients.

This bill seeks to re-nationalize Claro M. Recto Memorial District Hospital located
at the Municipality of Infanta, Province of Quezon, placing under the direct supervision
and control of the Department of Health, increasing its bed capacity to 100 beds and
appropriating funds therefor.


Claro M. Recto Memorial District Hospital has a limited resources to maintain the

existing facilities, old equipment that are beyond repair and needs upgrade and limited
services leading to patients referred to other health providers. Furthermore,
losses incurred due to none operational of medical equipment and the lack of personnel
because of inadequate financial resources to fund repair or purchase and additional

hiring of health workers are also evident and should be adequately address immediately.

The re-nationalization of the hospital will substantially contribute to the revolving
role of the hospital to the Universal Health Care by having an optimum clinical
performance in case management through incentives mechanism; improve quality of
patient care with a good working environment and access provision to quality health care
facilities and health promotion incentives. Finally, the hospital needs to be supervised by
the national government to assure continuous fund and aid for the hospital and not to

further rely on funds from the provincial government.

In light of the foregoing, passage of this bill is urgently sought.

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WILFRIDO MARK MC. ENVERGA


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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6965

Intuoduced by Rep. Witfride Mark M. Enverga

AN ACT RE-NATIONALIZING CLARO M. RECTO MEMORIAL DISTRICT
HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF INFANTA, PROVINCE OF
(QUEZON, PLACING UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY TO ONE

HUNDRED (100) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Claro M. Recto Memorial District Hospital in the Municipality of
Infanta, Province of Quezon, is hereby re-nationalized and/or returned to the
management, supervision and control of the national government particularly the
Department of Health. Its bed capacity furthermore is hereby increased to One
Hundred (100).

SEC. 2. The hospital’s operating fund and existing service facilities and professional
health care services are also hereby increased and upgraded to conform with and be
commensurate to the re-nationalization and to the bed capacity increased as provided

for in Section 1 hereof.

SEC 3. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's program the
implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General

Appropriations Act.


The Local Government Unit (LGU) concerned shall continue to provide funding
for Claro M. Recto Memorial District Hospital until such time that their full funding is

included in the Annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC 4, The Department of Health shall formulate the rules and regulations necessary
in the implementation of this Bill, upon consultations with the Provincial Government of
Quezon and other stakeholders, and shall be implemented consistent with the Hospital

Development Plan.

SEC 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the completion of its publication

in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,