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

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3430

Introduced by Hon. Frederick F. Abueg

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The proposed bill seeks to upgrade the Narra Municipal Hospital in the
Municipality of Narra, Province of Palawan, from ten (10) bed capacity to one hundred
(100) bed capacity, to be known as the Governor Alfredo M. Abueg, Sr. Memorial
Hospital, and appropriating funds therefor.

‘The Narra Municipal Hospital was established under Republic Act 6917 in 1990
with a ten-bed capacity to provide medical services to the people of Narra and its
neighboring municipalities. Narra is the second largest municipality in terms of land area
and population in the province. It has a population of 65,264 people as of the 2010
census, Narra is also the center for agricultural trade in Southern Palawan. The
municipality continuously attracts migrant families from more depressed areas of the
country to settle therein

‘The current ten-bed municipal hospital in Narra is usually filled with confined
patients catered by extremely limited equipment facilities and medical services. There are
no provisions/facilities for serious medical condition, so the only recourse for patients is
to travel for two hours to Puerto Princesa City where better hospital facilities are

available.


Given the town’s continued progress and increase in population, it needs critical
improvement in its hospital services and health facilities. The proposed upgrade of the
Narra Municipal Hospital into a Tertiary Hospital with a 100-bed capacity will
significantly improve medical services to ensure public health and save lives in case of
life-threatening diseases

As a tribute to the former Governor of Palawan, the late Hon. Alfredo M. Abueg,
Sr, who is deeply remembered as a sincere and dedicated public servant, as well as the
father of land settlement which later became the Municipality of Narra, it is likewise
proposed that the hospital be named in his honor.

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

FREDBRICK F. ABUEG
Representatiye, 2" District of Palawan


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

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 3430

Introduced by Hon. Frederick F, Abueg

AN ACT
UPGRADING THE NARRA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF NARRA, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, INTO ONE HUNDRED-BED
CAPACITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE GOVERNOR ALFREDO M. ABUEG, SR.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Narra Municipal Hospital in the in the Municipality of Narra,
Province of Palawan, shall be upgraded into a one hundred-bed capacity hospital to be
known as the Governor Alfredo M. Abueg, Sr. Memorial Hospital

SEC. 2. The existing service facilities and professional healthcare services of the
Narra Municipal Hospital are hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to
the bed capacity increase as provided for in Section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. All personnel, records, assets and properties, including buildings, sites,
and improvements thereof, obligations, funds and appropriations of the Narra Municipal
Hospital are hereby transferred to the Governor Alfredo M. Abueg, Sr. Memorial

Hospital.


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SEC. 4. The funds necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of the
Governor Alfredo M. Abueg, Sr. Memorial Hospital shall be included in the General
Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC, 5, The Secretary of the Department of Health shall issue such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act,

SEC, 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,