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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
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First Regular Session

House Bill No. 8267

Introduced by Representative ROMMEL RICO T. ANGARA

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
FROM FORTY NINE BEDS (49) TO ONE HUNDRED BEDS (100) AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Prior to the pandemic situation, Aurora Memorial Hospital (AMH) has been catering
to the medical needs of the people of Aurora and since then, its capacity to provide
healthcare services has been constrained by its limited resources. It is an ongoing and
continuing challenge for AMH to provide every patient the needed medical service and
care. |

Due to the emergence of the Covid-19 Delta and Omicron variant, an increased
number of people continuously test positive of the virus. This has further contributed to
the existing challenge of meeting the bed capacity for patients which have to be admitted
in government hospitals for them to receive the appropriate medical assistance.

AMH operates on a very limited bed capacity. Currently, it has only forty nine (49)
public beds. This proves to be a struggle not only for patients but also for the health care
workers in the said hospital who tirelessly devote their time and profession to serve our
less fortunate kababayans.

With the passage of this bill, the burden of the administration of AMH, its health
workers and staff will be diminished. In addition, this will somehow resolve the endless
struggle of many of the people of the Province of Aurora in accessing quality and
affordable health care services. An expansion and improvement of the hospital facilities
of AMH is most urgently needed.

Given the abovementioned circumstances, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

ROMMEL RICO T. ANGARA
Lone District, Aurora

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AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Aurora Memorial Hospital (AMH)
is hereby increased from forty nine (49) to one hundred (100).

SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the
AMH, shall be correspondingly upgraded to include the increase in the number of its
medical personnel.

SEC. 3. The increase in the bed capacity of the AMH from forty nine (49) to one
hundred (100) beds shall be implemented within the period of six (6) months to one (1)
year from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 4. The Department of Health, through its approved annual budget, shall
initially provide the necessary funding to support the increase in bed capacity of the AMH.
The entire budgetary requirements of AMH for its operation and the upgrading of its
facilities and services shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA)
the following year of its enactment.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.

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