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01 JUL 2013

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.No,__ 1ié

Introduced by Representative Teodorico T. Haresco Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Our Constitution, under Article II, Section 15 provides that the State shall protect and
promote the right to health of the people and instill consciousness among them.

During the time when Aklan was still a part of Capiz Province, there was a crying
need for affordable health care in Aklan. A group of prominent civic leaders headed by Hon.
Simeon Reyes, Member of the First Philippine Assembly, worked hard with vigor and efforts
convincing the Central Government in Manila and the Provincial Government of the urgent
need of a provincial hospital for the Aklanons,

When Hon. Rafael Acufia was the Governor of Capiz, the petition was finally
approved. This was an exceptional case where a provincial hospital was constructed
outside the provincial capitol. Soon after the approval of the act, the construction of the
hospital was started and it was completed on the first week of May 1930. On May 12, 1930,
the hospital was officially inaugurated with Dr. Panfilo Lejano as its first Chief of Hospital.

With the separation of Aklan from Capiz on April 25, 1956, the Capiz Provincial
Hospital was renamed Aklan Provincial Hospital. In 1981, it was again renamed Dr, Rafael
S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital (DRSTMH) in memory of the late Undersecretary of Health.

Since after the war, the authorized bed capacity of the hospital is constantly
increasing. From the initial 30 beds, it was increased to 50 beds in 1956; 75 beds in 1961;
and finally 100 beds in 1975. On October 16, 2000, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of
Aklan passed Ordinance No. 2000-023 recognizing the DRSTMH as a 150-bed hospital
On February 4, 2010, as per the evaluation of the Department of Health (DOH), the
authorized bed capacity if DRSTMH is 162.

With the need for a more efficient and effective health care services in Aklan, this bill
seeks to increase the bed capacity of DRSTMH from 162 to 400.

Jao. \. Vas
PFODORICO) T. HARI O JR.

Representative


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. No.

Introduced by Representative Teodorico T. Haresco Jr.

ANACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF DR. RAFAEL S. TUMBOKON MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN FROM ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO (162) TO
FOUR HUNDRED (400) BEDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial
Hospital, the provincial hospital of Aklan is hereby increased from one hundred sixty-two
(162) to four hundred (400) beds with concomitant manpower compliment.

SEC. 2. The increase in the bed capacity of Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial
Hospital from one hundred sixty-two (162) to four hundred (400) beds shall be implemented
for a period of not more than three years from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health shall include in the Department's program the
implementation of the increase in the bed capacity of Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial

Hospital, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act shall be
deemed amended or repealed accordingly.

SEC.5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,