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Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
Twentieth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 2389
Introduced by Representative Lordan G. Suan 
AN ACT  
ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER IN THE CITY OF 
CAGAYAN DE ORO, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE 
KNOWN AS PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER – MINDANAO, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Philippine Constitution clearly stipulates that the state shall protect and 
promote the right of the people to health. It mandates an integrated and 
comprehensive approach to health development to make services available to all, 
at an affordable cost. Further, the Constitution guarantees that the needs of the 
under-privileged, sick, elderly, differently abled, women, and children shall be 
given priority. These are necessary, to ensure the prosperity of our nation, raise 
the standard of living of our people and improve their quality of life. 
There are two factors that hampers the delivery of health services in this 
country: limited health facilities and human resources, and uneven distribution of 
limited health facilities and human resources. Here’s the data from the 
Department of Health. There is a ratio of 3.4 doctors for every 10,000 Filipinos. 
This is way below the standard set by the World Health Organization which is 10 
doctors for every 10,000 population. When it comes to human resources for 
health, 16.3 personnel for 10,000 Filipinos, way below the standard of 44.5.  
For the Philippine health system, the 2021 DOH data shows that we 
have 1,383 hospitals, 462 are government-run and 921 are privately-owned. The 
highest concentration of these public and private hospitals are in Luzon and in 
highly-urbanized cities in Central Visayas.  
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Our specialty hospitals like the Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the 
Philippines, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute and the Philippine 
Children’s Medical Center are all in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Just imagine the 
ordeal of a person from Mindanao, needing immediate cardiovascular attention 
only to be told to wait for days or even months before being attended to. We are 
not blind to the reality that fellow Filipinos are queuing during wee hours or for 
days at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute just to get renal care. 
Suffering children from far flung provinces and regions are brought  to the 
Philippine Children’s Medical Center to avail its affordable and first rate medical 
services. What we see are those who come to our offices asking for help and those 
waiting in line not knowing if they can get the needed medical attention in time, 
but there are those who opt to stay at home and wait for their fate because they 
don’t have the means to go to these hospitals. Most of these patients are 
financially-challenged. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly 
sought. 
 LORDAN G. SUAN


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Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
Twentieth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. 2389
Introduced by Representative Lordan G. Suan 
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AN ACT  
ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER IN THE CITY OF 
CAGAYAN DE ORO, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE 
KNOWN AS PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER – MINDANAO, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. There shall be established a Philippine Heart Center in the 
City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental to be known as 
Philippine Heart Center – Mindanao to be managed and operated pursuant to the 
provisions of Presidential Decree No. 673, S. 1975. It shall be the primary 
specialty government health care facility providing comprehensive 
cardiovascular care accessible and responsive to the needs of the people of 
Mindanao, especially to the poor and indigent patients. 
SEC. 2. The sum of Five Hundred Million Pesos (500,000,000.00) shall 
be released from the National Treasury and is hereby appropriated to be used for 
land acquisition, construction of the facility, purchase of equipment and 
fixtures, and personal services. Provided, that other expenses necessary for the 
initial implementation of this Act shall be charged from the current year’s 
budget of the Philippine Heart Center. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the 
continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the Annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 3. The establishment of the Philippine Heart Center – Mindanao 
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shall be completed within a period of five (5) years from effectivity of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. The Board of Trustees of the Philippine Heart Center and the 
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Department of Health shall formulate the necessary rules and regulations for the 
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effective implementation of this Act, within sixty (60) days from its effectivity. 
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SEC. 5. If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the provisions not hereby affected shall remain in full force 
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and effect. 
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SEC. 6. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, 
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inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are repealed, amended 
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or modified, accordingly. 
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SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its 
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publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
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Approved, 
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