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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
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House Bill No. 2408 
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Introduced by Representative ROMMEL RICO T. ANGARA 
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AN ACT 
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 
FROM SIXTY-SIX BEDS (66) TO ONE HUNDRED BEDS (100) AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Considering the high costs of getting private medical care, thousands of Filipinos, 
especially in the provinces, seek medical care and assistance from government hospitals. 
Despite limited resources, the government hospitals strive to provide quality healthcare 
services to the people depending on them.  
Prior to the pandemic situation, Aurora Memorial Hospital (AMH) has been catering 
to the medical needs of the people of Aurora and since then, its capacity to provide 
healthcare services has been constrained by its limited resources. It is an ongoing and 
continuing challenge for AMH to provide every patient the needed medical service and 
care.  
Due to the emergence of the Covid-19 Delta and Omicron variant, an increased 
number of people continuously test positive of the virus. This has further contributed to 
the existing challenge of meeting the bed capacity for patients which have to be admitted 
in government hospitals for them to receive the appropriate medical assistance. 
 AMH operates on a very limited bed capacity. Currently, it has only sixty-six (66) 
public beds. This proves to be a struggle not only for patients but also for the health care 
workers in the said hospital who tirelessly devote their time and profession to serve our 
less fortunate kababayans. 
With the passage of this bill, the burden of the administration of AMH, its health 
workers and staff will be diminished. In addition, this will somehow resolve the endless 
struggle of many of the people of the Province of Aurora in accessing quality and 
affordable health care services. An expansion and improvement of the hospital facilities 
of AMH is most urgently needed.  
Given the abovementioned circumstances, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
ROMMEL RICO T. ANGARA 
  Lone District, Aurora 
July 28, 2025
1:30 pm


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House Bill No. 2408 
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Introduced by Representative ROMMEL RICO T. ANGARA 
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AN ACT 
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 
FROM SIXTY SIX BEDS (66) TO ONE HUNDRED BEDS (100) AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:  
SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Aurora Memorial Hospital (AMH) 
is hereby increased from sixty six (66) to one hundred (100).  
SEC. 2. The existing hospital facilities and professional health care services of the 
AMH, shall be correspondingly upgraded to include the increase in the number of its 
medical personnel.  
SEC. 3. The increase in the bed capacity of the AMH from sixty six (66) to one 
hundred (100) beds shall be implemented within the period of six (6) months to one (1) 
year from the approval of this Act.  
SEC. 4. The Department of Health, through its approved annual budget, shall 
initially provide the necessary funding to support the increase in bed capacity of the AMH. 
The entire budgetary requirements of AMH for its operation and the upgrading of its 
facilities and services shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA) 
the following year of its enactment.  
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.  
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Approved. 
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