SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS:

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
FIRST REGULAR SESSION )
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No. 6430

Introduced by Representative Peter M. Unabia

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to separate the Medina Hospital in the Municipality of Medina
Misamis Oriental from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro and
convert It into a general hospital to be known as the Medina General Hospital and
appropriating funds therefor.

Section 11 of Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution provides:

“Sec. 11 The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health development which shaii endeavor to make essential goods, health
and other social services lable to all 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.”

In 1948, the Puericulture Center and Women's Club organized by Dofia Felipa N.
Pelaez, the mother of former Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez. In 1976, the Board of
Directors of the Puericulture Center established a maternity hospital to provide health
services to the women and children of Medina. The provincial government of Misamis
Oriental supported the hospital by giving monthly financial aid to cover the expenses and
salaries of the medical staff.

In 2005, the subsidies were stopped which led to the termination of the operation
of the Medina Hospital. For the next five years, the Medina Hospital was not operational
Eventually, the leaders of the Women's Club, with the consent of its members, donated
Medina Hospital to the Department of Health (DOH). Under the past administration,
President Benign S. Aquino III allocated for the facilities and Six Million Pesos for the
maintenance and other operating expenses of the hospital


, the Medina Hospital is a 25-bed capacity hospital which serves as a
satellite hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC ) Cagayan de Oro
City. The hospital provides preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the residents
of the Municipality of Medina including the neighboring Talisayan, Gingoog City and other
municipalities in Misamis Oriental.

To ensure the sustainable operation of the hospital, it is necessary to separate the
Medina Hospital from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and convert it into a general
hospital under the supervision of the Department of Health.

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



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

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6430

Introduced by Honorable Peter " Sr. Pedro “ Unabia

AN ACT
SEPARATING THE MEDINA HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF MEDINA, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL FROM THE
NORTHERN MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER IN CAGAYAN DE
ORO CITY, CONVERTING IT INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO
BE KNOWN AS THE MEDINA GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion Into a General Hospital. The Medina
Hospital in the Municipality of Medina, Misamis Oriental is hereby separated from the
Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City and converted into a general
hospital to be known as the Medina General Hospital

SEC 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities - All personnel, assets, liabilities
and records of the Medina Hospital are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Medina
General Hospital.

SEC.3. Appropriations. — The Secretary of Health shall immediately include
in the Department's program the operationalization of the Medina General Hospital, the
initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations for the
Department of Health. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of
the hospital shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.


SEC. 4. Implementation. — The Secretary of Health shall issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 5. Effectivity. — This act shall take effect fifteen ( 15 ) days following its
Publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.