Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO., 3333

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ARNULF BRYAN “ARNIE” B. FUENTEBELLA

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Sec. 15 of the Art. Il of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that:

“Section 15. The State shall protect and promote the right
to health of the people and instill health consciousness amon,
them.” a

Likewise, Sec. 11 of Art. XIII of the same Constitution also provides:

“Section 11. 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 under-privileged, sick,
elderly, disabled, women, and children. The State shall
endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.

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As His Excellency President Ferdinand “Bongbong’ R. Marcos Jr. indicated
in the Philippine Development Plan, the health system is characterized by an
inadequate and inequitable access to health facilities. The Fourth District of
Camarines Sur currently does not have its own maternity hospital. Expectant
mothers will have to drive to the District's lone lying-in clinic in the town of Sagfay,
which has a limited physical and operational capacity.

With the conversion of the Tigaon Primary Hospital to the Tigaon Maternity
Hospital, we hope to address the gap in providing specialized care to our pregnant
mothers and newborns, thereby ensuring the provision of prenatal to postnatal
care. By ensuring proper maternal and child care, we avoid further complications
to our youth in the Partido District and improve the quality of lives for both mother
and child.

Representative
Fourth District, Camarines Sur


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO: 1337

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ARNULF BRYAN “ARNIE” B. FUENTEBELLA

AN ACT CONVERTING THE TIGAON PRIMARY HOSPITAL TO A SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
TO BE KNOWN AS THE TIGAON MATERNITY HOSPITAL

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

SECTION 1. Conversion to a Maternity Hospital. — The Tigaon Primary Hospital is
hereby converted from a primary to a women’s and children’s hospital to be known as the Tigaon
Maternity Hospital.

SECTION 2. Specialized Health Care Services. — The hospital shall specialize in the
care of women and children and shall focus on medical services which shall include but not limited
to: women and children health care, prenatal testing, obstetrics and gynecological services,
pediatrics and pediatric care, lactation programs, nutrition services, neonatal care, immunization
services, postpartum depression support, and education classes for women's and children's
health awareness, as well as parenting.

SECTION 3. Increase in Facilities and Health Care Services. — The existing hospital
facilities and professional health services of the Tigaon Primary Hospital are hereby upgraded
and increased commensurate to the requirements as to functional capacity of a tertiary hospital
as mandated by the Department of Health. The number of medical personnel should be
commensurately increased

SECTION 4. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into
law and thereafter.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Office Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.