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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRES:
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 2032

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BILLS AND INDEX §

Introduced by HON. IMELDA ROMUALDEZ-MARCOS

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to increase the bed capacity of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital
and Medical Center (MMMH&MC) in Batac City, Ilocos Norte.

The MMMH&MC was established initially as an Emergency Hospital by virtue of
House Bill 1393 authored by Hon. Simeon M. Valdez, then Congressman of the 2 District
of locos Norte in 1968. It was gradually transformed to what is now a 200-bed Tertiary
Hospital and Medical Center. This is the only Medical Center in Northern Luzon and it caters
to the health needs of a wide area.

MMMHC has experienced a consistently increasing number of admitted patients.
From a percentage of 85.06% in 2006, it increased to 115% in 2010. For the last five years,
the hospital has been operating maximally, having to adopt creative means to meet the
increasing demand for quality health care.

As for now, for every bed there are 2,692 people, which is far lower than the target
Bed to Population Ration (BPR) provided in Administrative Order 06-0004. The Unmet Bed
Need (UBN) is in a similar state, currently at 1,853 beds lacking

How long this state of affairs will remain satisfactory is a matter that cannot be
gambled upon because of the lives at stake. It is likely that the situation will worsen given the
outbreak of Dengue in the region as well as the recent effects of Typhoon Mina

Consequently, the current authorized bed capacity needs to be increased from 200 to
300 in order to accommodate its rapidly increasing occupancy noted in the recent years with
the corresponding increase in the number of beds, personne! needed (both medical and
non-medical), supplies and allocated budget.

For additional information, this bill was approved by the House on the Sixteenth
Congress, and transmitted to the Senate for its action. Consequent approval by the Senate
was stalled by the sine die adjournment of the Sixteenth Congress.

Given the importance of providing the much needed services to the people of
Northern Luzon, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

ELDA ROMUALDEZ-MARCOS
Representative


2 District, llocos Norte
Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2032

House Bill No.

Introduced by HON. IMELDA ROMUALDEZ-MARCOS

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (MMMH&MC) IN BATAC CITY FROM TWO
HUNDRED (200) TO THREE HUNDRED (300), UPGRADING ITS SERVICE AND
FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE
INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, 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 the Mariano Marcos Marcos
Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMH&MC) in the City of Batac is hereby
upgraded from two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) beds.

SECTION 2. The existing service facilities and professional health care
services of the MMMH&MC are hereby upgraded to conform with and be
commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided for in Section 1 hereof.

SECTION 3. The existing workforce shall be correspondingly increased. The
Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Budget and
Management and Civil Service Commission, shall determine the additional plantilla
positions to be created and filled up upon prior consultation with the MMMH&MC.

SECTION 4, The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act
shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations for the organizational
adjustment fund. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued
operation shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved,