Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____ 
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
During the Second World War, then Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was critically 
wounded and pursued by Japanese soldiers until he fell in Barangay Panopdopan, 
Lamut, Ifugao. An old man named Hodom found him and decided to cover him 
with grass so that the pursuing Japanese soldiers will not see and catch him. In the 
depth of the night, old man Hodom with barangay-mates went back to retrieve Maj. 
Marcos from the place where he fell down and brought him to their home and 
nurtured him back to continue his guerilla activities. 
When Ferdinand E. Marcos was elected as president in 1965, he called for Hodom 
in Malacañang and asked what could he do in return to what they did to him during 
the war. Hodom then requested to the president if he could establish a hospital that 
would also save the lives of people in Lamut, Ifugao. Consequently, the then 
president established the Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital at 
the very sight where he fell wounded as a token of gratitude to the people of 
Panopdopan, Lamut, Ifugao for saving his life and as a testament of valor during his 
guerilla days.  
After the EDSA Revolution in 1986, the new administration changed the name of 
the hospital from Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Emergency Hospital to Panopdopan 
District Hospital. In 2010, after the Ifugao General Hospital in Lagawe, Ifugao was 
condemned, the Provincial Government abandoned the Panopdopan District 
Hospital which is formerly the Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Emergency Hospital 
from its original site and transferred it to Sitio Bannit, Payawan, Lamut, Ifugao which 
is far from the original site. The situation now is that, although the name is 
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Panopdopan District Hospital, it is located in a different Barangay which is far from 
the original site. 
 
This bill is filed to provide for the restoration and rehabilitation of the Major 
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital in its original location which is in 
Barangay Panopdopan, Lamut, Ifugao to realize the true intention of the former 
president in fulfilling his commitment and promise to old man Hodom and the 
people of Panoddopan, as well as six other adjacent barangays, and a testament of 
the former president’s heroic services during the Second World War. 
 
 
ATTY. SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____ 
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE 
MAJOR FERDINAND EDRALIN MARCOS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. This act shall provide for the restoration and rehabilitation of 
the Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital in its original site 
located at Panopdopan, Lamut, Ifugao.  
SEC. 2. The restoration and rehabilitation of the Major Ferdinand Edralin 
Marcos Emergency Hospital in Lamut, Ifugao shall be undertaken by the 
Department of Health (DOH). 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the 
Department’s program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall 
be included in the budget of DOH in the General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, issuances and rules and regulations 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.  
Approved, 
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