Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
2nd District, Zamboanga del Sur 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to health 
of the people and instill health consciousness among them1.  
Further, the State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive 
approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential 
goods, health, and other social services available to all the 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 paupers2. 
This bill seeks to establish a District Hospital in the Municipality of 
San Miguel, Province of Zamboanga del Sur to be known as San Miguel 
District Hospital.  
In his first State of the Nation Address, His Excellency, President 
Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr., emphasized the need for a stronger 
health care system.  
The Province of Zamboanga del Sur has a total of twenty (20) 
hospitals: seven (7) infirmary hospitals; two (2) level 2 hospitals; and,  
eleven (11) level 1 hospitals. Based on 2020 Census, the province with 
twenty-six (26) municipalities and one (1) component city, has the biggest 
population in the year 2020 with 1,050,668 persons, among the local units 
comprising the Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)3.   It has an annual 
population growth rate of 0.82 from 2015 to 20204. Thus, its increasing 
1 Section 15, Article II, Philippine Constitution 
2 Section 11, Article XIII, Philippine Constitution 
3 https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/165011 
4 https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/165011 
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population has already overwhelmed the standard of hospital bed-
population ratio prescribed by the Department of Health. 
 
For these reasons, the establishment of San Miguel District Hospital 
aims to strengthen the health care system of Zamboanga del Sur 
Province. 
 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
2nd District, Zamboanga del Sur 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT HOSPITAL 
IN 
THE 
MUNICIPALITY 
OF 
SAN 
MIGUEL, 
PROVINCE 
OF 
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR TO BE KNOWN AS SAN MIGUEL DISTRICT 
HOSPITAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in the Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the direct control and 
supervision of the Department of Health, a District Hospital in the 
Municipality of San Miguel, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, to be known 
as the San Miguel District Hospital. 
SECTION 2. The Department of Health shall issue the necessary 
rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 3. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in 
the program of the Department of Health the establishment, operation and 
maintenance of the San Miguel District Hospital, the initial funding of 
which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation for the 
Department of Health.  Thereafter, the amount necessary for the operation 
and maintenance of the District Hospital shall be 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, 
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