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SENATE recon

s.No.__1736

Introduced by Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE BAGUIO GENERAL HOSPITAL
AND MEDICAL CENTER FROM FIVE HUNDRED (500) TO EIGHT HUNDRED
(800) BEDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

BGHMC is a five hundred (500) bed capacity Tertiary Medical and Training
Center with Medical Ancillary Services and a retained hospital under the national
government.

It has been in existence for one hundred sixteen (116) years. BGHMC has
been consistently committed to promote excellent health care services. At present,
it caters eighty percent (80%) indigent patients including Philhealth funded
patients. In the year 2015, its bed occupancy rate has reached 133.92% with a
total admission of 37,022. In the following year, it exceeded 144.17% of its
occupancy rate with a total admission of 37,577.

The proposed measure seeks to increase Baguio General Hospital and
Medical Center’s bed capacity that would address the hospital’s requirement and
further enhance its capability of delivering public service for our indigent patients



not only in Baguio City but for the rest of our neighbor provinces in the Cordillera
Region as well as Regions I and II.

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

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JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO



SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )

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Second Regular Session ) mie F206
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SENATE ( —_
s.No.__1736

Introduced by Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE BAGUIO GENERAL HOSPITAL
AND MEDICAL CENTER FROM FIVE HUNDRED (500) TO EIGHT HUNDRED
(800) BEDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. The bed capacity of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical
Center (BGHMC) in Baguio City is hereby increased from five hundred (500) to
eight hundred (800).

Sec. 2. The existing service facilities and professional health care services
are also hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the bed
capacity increase as provided in Section 1 hereof.

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

Sec. 4. The increase in bed capacity of the BGHMC from five hundred (500)
to eight hundred (800) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than
three (3) years from the approval of this Act.

Sec, 5. Republic Act No. 8634, otherwise known as “An Act Increasing the
Bed Capacity of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Located in Baguio
City, from Four Hundred (400)to Five Hundred (500) Beds, Upgrading the Service-
Facilities and Professional health Care therein and Appropriating Funds Therefor”,
is hereby repealed. . .



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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,