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House Bill No. 3077
by Representative Estrellita

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to upgrade, modernize and increase the current 25-bed capacity
of the Guimba District Hospital in the Municipality of Guimba, Nueva Ecija into a 50-
bed capacity secondary hospital.

The proposed legislation will increase the capacity of the Guimba District
Hospital to provide quality health care services to the residents of the Municipality of
Guimba with a population of 104,894" and a land area of 25,853 hectares.

Guimba District Hospital also provides its services to residents of neighboring
municipalities. For more serious cases that have to be treated in tertiary hospitals
where there are complete facilities and specialty health practitioners, patients are
brought to Cabanatuan City. It is noteworthy that Cabanatuan City is almost 40
kilometers away from the town proper of Guimba, with a travel time of 35-40 minutes
by private car. In emergency cases, 40 kilometers is a long way, and the 40-minute
drive is a long time. Furthermore, the current road conditions and the varying traffic
situations make it difficult for a speedy transport.

There is, therefore, a strong need to increase, improve and strengthen the
capacity of the Guimba District Hospital in order to accommodate the large volume of
people seeking medical attention, as well as owing its inaccessibility to the nearest
major hospitals.

The improvement and upgrading of the Guimba District Hospital would give
them the capacity to provide quality health care, better facilities and services, provide
for and accommodate more patients at a time, and produce employment opportunities
for health practitioners in the municipality.

Consistent with our government's program to improving the quality of life
through promotion and implementation of universal health care for its people, this
representation finds it necessary to improve aforementioned medical facility in
Guimba.

Henceforth, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING
1* District, Nueva Edja

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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House Bill No. 307%
Introduced by Representative Estrellita B. Suansing

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE UPGRADE AND MODERNIZATION AS WELL AS
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE GUIMBA DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUIMBA, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA FROM TWENTY-
FIVE TO FIFTY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Guimba District Hospital in the Municipality of Guimba,
Province of Nueva Ecija, is hereby modemized and upgraded from a twenty-five-bed
capacity into a fifty-bed capacity secondary hospital which shall be under the direct
technical operation and administration of the Department of Health

SECTION 2. The Department of Health shall issue and promulgate such
Tules and regulations as deemed necessary for the evaluation, approval and
implementation of this Act.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department's programs the operationalization of the Guimba District Hospital, the
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The local government unit concemed shall continue to provide funding for the Guimba
District Hospital until such time that its full funding is included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,