Republic of the Philippines
House Or REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.__ 4347

Introduced by Honorable Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Talisay District Hospital in Talisay City,
Province of Cebu into a 250-bed capacity tertiary hospital which shall be
placed under the supervision and control of the Department of Health.

Section 11 of Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution provides:

“Sec. 11. The State shall adopt an integrated and
comprehensive approach to health development which shall
endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social
services available to all the people at affordable cost. There
shall be priority for the needs of the underprivileged sick,
elderly, disabled, women, and children. The State shall
endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.”

A 25-bed capacity Level I general hospital, the Talisay District
Hospital (TDH) was established on August 26, 1994 by virtue of Republic
Act No. 7799. Initially, the hospital was envisioned to provide health
services to the twenty-two densely populated barangays of Talisay City, the
neighboring municipalities of Minglanilla and Naga, which are part of the
First District of the Province of Cebu, and the accessible barangays of
Toledo City. However, patients from neighboring municipalities and
provinces of Cebu, Negros and Bohol and from Luzon and Mindanao are
also seeking medical attention in TDH.

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The TDH is considered as the center of total wellness of the
marginalized population of the community due to its accessibility. From
2005 to 2013 the number of in-patients has increased resulting to an average
bed occupancy rate of 214.7%. The desired bed occupancy recommended
by the World Health Organization for a hospital to maintain its efficiency
and effectiveness is only 85%.

In consideration of the hospital’s strategic location in Talisay City and
being the favored destination of various sports enthusiasts, the hospital
serves as the immediate health facility for trauma, vehicular accidents and
the like, However, due to inadequate resources, such as human resource
complements, and medical equipment and facilities, about 1,119 trauma
cases in 2011 were referred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
(VSMMC) in Cebu City. From January 1 — June 30, 2012, TDH referred
2,083 trauma cases to VSMMC,

Converting the Talisay District Hospital into a tertiary hospital with an
increased bed capacity will provide better health services and will greatly
benefit the people not only in Talisay City but also of the neighboring areas
in the Visayas considering the additional number of patients the hospital can
accommodate. The hospital will be more proactive and responsive to the
thrust of the DOH’s “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP)" and thereby better
address the health needs of the most marginalized sector of the community.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill j

GERALD AXTHONY V. GULLAS, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
House Or REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4347

Introduced by Honorable Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr.

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN TALISAY
CITY, PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPERVISION
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND APPROPRIATIN!
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1, The Talisay District Hospital in Talisay City, Province
of Cebu is hereby converted into a tertiary hospital to be known as the
Talisay City Tertiary Hospital

SEC. 2. The hospital shall have the capabilities of a tertiary hospital
increasing its bed capacity to two hundred fifty (250) beds and shall be
under the direct administrative and technical supervision of the Department

of Health.

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SEC. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year
following its enactment into law and thereafter,

SEC. 4. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the
Secretary of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for
the effective implementation of this Act.

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

Approved,