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

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

9
House Bill No. 4403

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN KEITH T. FLORES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution, Article II, Section 15 mandates:

“SECTION 15. The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the
people and instill health consciousness among them.”

This bill seeks to convert the Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center (BPMC) in Malaybalay,
Bukidnon into a three hundred (300) bed capacity tertiary public hospital to be known as the Bukidnon
Regional Hospital, modemizing its facilities and services. It shall be under the direct supervision of the
Department of Health (DOH).

‘The Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center was upgraded in 10 January 1992-when its bed capacity
increased from one hundred (100) to one hundred fifty (150) by virtue of Republic Act No. 7189. The
population of Bukidnon then was 844,000 (1990 Census).

However, based on the 2020 Census, the population of Bukidnon ballooned to 1,541,308. The
existing 150 bed capacity of the PBMC is no longer enough to satisfy the medical needs of the booming
population of the province. Hence, it is high time that the said hospital be upgraded into a 300-bed
capacity.

Aso, the current operations of the medical facility of the BPMC limits its capacity to effectively
and efficiently provide and address the pressing health concerns of the people of Bukidnon. There are
times when a patient needs an urgent medical intervention or procedure to deter an imminent medical
emergency, however, the patient needs to travel either to Cagayan de Oro or Davao City because
advanced and modem medical and surgical procedures are not available in the BPMC. This is an
additional burden on the part of the patient. It is for this reason that this bill likewise seeks to modernize
the facilities and services of the hospital to make it responsive to the medical needs of the people of
Bukidnon.

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



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

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4423

House Bill No.

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN KEITH T. FLORES

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE BUKIDNON PROVINCIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN
MALAYBALAY CITY, PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON INTO A REGIONAL HOSPITAL
TO BE KNOWN AS BUKIDNON REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INCREASING ITS BED
CAPACITY FROM ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) TO THREE HUNDRED (300) BEDS,
MODERNIZING ITS FACILITIES AND SERVICES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center in Malaybalay, Bukidnon shall be
converted into a regional hospital to be known as “Bukidnon Regional Hospital”, upgrading and
modernizing its facilities and services, which shall be under the direct supervision of the
Department of Health (DOH).

SECTION 2. The bed capacity of Bukidnon Regional Hospital shall be increased from one
hundred fifty (150) to three hundred (300) beds. Any future increase in bed capacity shall be with
its development plan which shall be prepared by the DOH.

SECTION 3. The existing professional health care services and facilities of the Bukidnon
Regional Hospital are also hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase
of its bed capacity as provided under Section 2 hereof.

Approved,