Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo, 5140 _

Introduced by Honorable Gerald Anthony “Samsam” V. Gullas, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Talisay District Hospital in Talisay City,
Province of Cebu into a medical center to be known as the Talisay Medical
Center, a tertiary hospital with additional specialties as Trauma, Physical and
Rehabilitation Medicine, and Sports Medicine center in the Visayas under the
supervision of the Department of Health.

Section 11 of Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution provides:

“SEC. Il, 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.”

Initially, the hospital was envisioned to provide health services to
the twenty-two densely populated barangays of Talisay City, the
neighboring Municipality of Minglanilla and the City of Naga, which are
part of the First District of the Province of Cebu, and also the accessible
barangays of Toledo City. However, patients from other neighboring
municipalities and cities of Cebu and provinces of Negros and Bohol, and
sometimes patients from as far as Luzon and Mindanao, are also seeking
medical attention in Talisay District Hospital.

In consideration of its strategic location, and being the favored
destination of various sports enthusiasts, the hospital serves as the
immediate health facility for trauma, sports injuries, vehicular accidents


and the like. Due to inadequate resources, however, such as human
resource complement, medical equipment and other facilities, about
1,119 trauma cases were referred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical
Center in Cebu City in 2011 and 2,083 trauma cases from January | to
June 30, 2012.

In the Philippine Hospital Development Plan of the Department of
Health, the Talisay District Hospital is envisioned to become a tertiary
hospital with additional specialties as Trauma, Physical and
Rehabilitation Medicine, and Sports Medicine Center in the Visayas.

The proposed Talisay Medical Center as a tertiary hospital can
provide better health services that will greatly benefit the people, not only
in Talisay City but also of the neighboring areas of the southern part of
the Province of Cebu and other areas in the Visayas, The hospital will be
able to address the health needs of the most marginalized sector of the
community.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

GERALD ANTHONY “Samsam” V. GULLAS, JR.


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.__9140__

Introduced by Honorable Gerald Anthony “Samsam” V. Gullas, Jr.

AN ACT

CHANGING THE NAME OF TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN
TALISAY CITY, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO TALISAY MEDICAL
CENTER, A TERTIARY HOSPITAL WITH ADDITIONAL
SPECIALTIES AS TRAUMA, PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION
MEDICINE, AND SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER IN THE VISAYAS
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and 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 medical center to be known as the Talisay
Medical Center,

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
program of the Department of Health the implementation of this Act.

SEC. 3. ‘The existing service capability, professional health care services
and health human resource of the Talisay Medical Center are hereby upgraded
and increased to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity as

herein provided


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SEC. 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
shall be charged to the current year’s appropriations of the Department of
Health. Thereafter, such amount necessary for the continued implementation of
this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act

SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,