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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _ 8876

Introduced by HON. EDGAR M. CHATTO.
First District, Bohol

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCHMH) started with an
eight (8) bed capacity when it opened in 1929 as the Bohol Provincial Hospital. To
accommodate the increasing number of patients in Tagbilaran City and neighboring
municipalities, the bed capacity was increased one hundred fifty (150) in 1980 then to two
hundred (200) 1992. Under Republic Act No. 7266, the bed capacity was increased to two
hundred and twenty five (225) and finally to five hundred twenty five (525) under
Republic Act No. 11324 in 2019.

GCGMH is nestled in a 1.10-hectare land in the middle of the business district of
Bohol’s capital city of Tagbilaran. As one of the worst hit during the 7.2 magnitude
earthquake in October 2013, modernization of the GCGMH was identified as one of the
priority projects in the Central Visayas Rehabilitation Plan as well as the national
Government's reconstruction and recovery efforts for the province.

The proposed modernization project will support the national health policy on
Universal Health Program or the Kalusugang Pangkalahatan as embodied in the
Department of Health Reform Agenda, and the attainment of the health-related
Millenium Development Goals. The project will likewise support the Central Visayas
regional strategic framework of providing adequate health facilities and resources in areas
that are unserved, underserved and affected by calamities as contained in the Central
Visayas Updated Regional Development Plan 2014-2016.

To implement the modernization program and the recent approval of the increased
bed capacity of GCGMH, it is imperative to construct a new medical complex outside its
current location in the city. Hence, the proposed location of the extension is in the 5-
hectare lot in Barangay Malayo, Municipality of Cortes donated by the provincial
government of Bohol to the Department of Health in 28 February 2014. This extension
will complement and expand the services available at the main branch in Tagbilaran City
consistent with the NEDA Board approval of the project on September 2016.


‘The health and medical services of GCGMH has accordingly and immensely
evolved over the years. From a provider of basic health care, GCGMH is now a level three
hospital with specialty centers and training facilities. Hence, the need to change the name
to medical center to reflect the added and improved health services now being given by
GCGMH to its patients.

The proposed extension in Cortes is envisioned to house a medical complex that
will include moder facilities for critical care, diagnostics, dialysis, operating units, and
patient care among others. It is also envisioned to have an improved center for infectious
diseases and tropical medicine as well as the first center in the province dedicated to
mental health and behavioral sciences.

Ultimately, the proposed bill aims decongest hospitals in nearby provinces
especially in Cebu, greatly improve medical facilities and services, ensure accessibility and
affordability of healthcare services in the province, and open opportunities to Boholano
professionals in the medical field.

Management, operation, supervision and control of the extension medical facility
in Cortes will remain with the GCGMH - its mother unit in Tagbilaran City under one
medical chief to ensure consistency of programs and services.

Further, the need to change the name to medical center to reflect the added and
improved health services now being given by GCGMH to its patients.

In view of the foregoing considerations, the passage of this law is earnestly sought.

re

REP. EDGAR M. CHATTO


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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. Odd

Introduced by HON. EDGAR M. CHATTO.
First District, Bohol

“AN ACT
RENAMING THE GOVERNOR CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF TAGBILARAN, PROVINCE OF BOHOL TO

GOVERNOR CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11324, AND ESTABLISHING
AN EXTENSION TO BE LOCATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORTES,
PROVINCE OF BOHOL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. The Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital in Tagbilaran
City, Province of Bohol, is hereby renamed as Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial
Medical Center.

SEC. 2. The existing services, capability, professional health care services and
medical staff complement of the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center is
hereby upgraded and increased to correspond with the requirements of the medical
center.

SEC. 3. The increase in the service capability, health care services and bed
capacity shall conform to the hospital development plan of the medical center.

SEC. 4. There shall be established, under the control and supervision of the
Department of Health, an extension of the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical
Center which shall be known as the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center
- Cortes Extension.

SEC. 5. The Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center - Cortes
Extension shall be constructed in barangay Malayo, municipality of Cortes, province of
Bohol.


SEC. 6. The Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center — Cortes
Extension shall provide all the existing services and be subject to the supervision and
control of its mother unit, the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center
located at Tagbilaran City, province of Bohol.

SEC. 7. The Department of Health shall determine the staffing pattern as
approved by the Department of Budget and Management, appoint the officials and
employees of the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center — Cortes
Extension subject to civil service laws, rules and regulations, prescribe their duties and
fix their compensation in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 6758
otherwise known as the “Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989”.

SEC. 8. Republic Act No. 11324 entitled, “An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of
Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital (GCGMH) in Tagbilaran City, Province
of Bohol from ‘Two Hundred Twenty-Five (225) to Five Hundred Twenty- Five (525) Beds
and Upgrading its Services and Facilities, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No.
7266, and Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes,” is hereby amended
accordingly.

SEC. 9. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical
Center — Cortes Extension, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the
current year’s appropriation for the Department of Health. Thereafter, the amount
necessary for the continued operation of the medical center shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC 10. The Secretary of Health shall be given the authority to determine the
increase in bed capacity of the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Medical Center as
the need arises.

SEC. 11. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of
Health shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Budget and Management, promulgate
the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 12. All acts, presidential decrees, executive orders and issuances inconsistent
with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or inoperative,
the other provisions not so declared shall remain in force and effect.

SEC. 14. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a
newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,