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

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 5191

Introduced by Honorable Neptali M. Gonzales II

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) located in the City of
Mandaluyong the country’s largest and oldest medical institution dedicated to the needs of
people with various mental and nervous disorders. Established in 1925, itis located in a 64-
hectare property within the Welfareville Compound.

From the time it opened its facilities to an initial 379 patients from the San Lazaro
Hospital, NCMH has since expanded the coverage of its medical services to include not only
a comprehensive range of preventive, curative, and rehabilitative mental health services but
also other medical services through the NCMH Medical and Surgical Pavilion (with a bed
capacity of 100), and a new hemodialysis clinic. It serves not only those who are confined in
the NCMH, but also people from outlying areas who seek to avail of general tertiary hospital
services.

With the broadening scope of the medical services now being provided by the
NCMH, there is a need to establish a tertiary and general hospital that will address the
medical needs of both in-patients and out-patients of the NCMH through the conversion of
300 beds of the current 4,200 beds of the NCMH. As a tertiary training and general hospital,
the new facility of the NCMH will have four (4) major departments, namely Surgery, OB
Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. Residency and internship programs under
each of these departments will also be offered, thus ensuring an efficient rotation of medical
practitioners who will attend to the needs of the hospital’s beneficiaries. Once established,
the hospital would be able to serve the NCMH’s 3,500 patients; 2,400 employees; and
outpatients from Mandaluyong City, San Juan City, and Makati.

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

NEPTALI M. GONZALES II


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

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. pag

Introduced by Honorable Neptali M. Gonzales II

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TERTIARY TRAINING AND GENERAL
HOSPITAL OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH,
TO BE KNOWN AS THE MANDALUYONG CITY GENERAL
HOSPITAL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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

Section 1. There is hereby established a tertiary training and general hospital of the
National Center for Mental Health located at Nueve de Febrero St., Barangay Mauway, City
of Mandaluyong, to be known henceforth as the Mandaluyong City General Hospital.

Section 2. For this purpose, three hundred (300) beds of the four thousand two
hundred (4,200) beds of the National Center for Mental Health shall be converted into the
said medical facility.

Section 3. The Secretary of the Department of Health shall include in the
Department’s program the operationalization of the Mandaluyong City General Hospital,
the initial funding of which shall be charged against the appropriation of the National
Center for Mental Health; thereafter, the funds necessary for the hospital’s continued
operation shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.

Section 4. The Department of Health, through the National Center for Mental
Health, shall maintain administrative jurisdiction over the Mandaluyong City General
Hospital.

Section 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved,