HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Republic of the Philippines RECEIVED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City pare: 30 JUN 2016
Tine:
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS ay A
First Regular Session : a
785 REO STRATION UNIT
HOUSE BILL NO. BILLS AND iNDEX SERVICE

Introduced by Honorable GERALD ANTHONY V. GULLAS, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Talisay District Hopsital in Talisay Cit
Cebu into a 200-bed capacity tertiary hospital which shall be place
supervision and control of the Department of Health

Province of
under the

SECTION 11 of Article XII of the 1987nConstitution provides:

“Sec. 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 underprivileged sick, elderly, disabled, women and children. The State shall
endeavor to provide free medical care to paupers.”

A 25-bed capacity Level 1 general hospital, the Talisay District Hospital (TDH)
was established on August 26, 1994 by virtue of Republic Act No. 7799. Initially, the
hospital was envisioned to provide health services to the twenty-two densely populated
barangays of Talisay City, the neighboring municipality of Minglanilla and City of Naga,
which part of the First District of the Province of Cebu, and the accessible barangays of
Toledo City. However , patients from neighboring municipalities and provinces of Cebu,
‘Negros and Bohol and from Luzon and Mindanao are also seeking medical attention in
TDH.

In consideration of the hospital’s strategic location in Talisay City and being the
favored destination of various sports enthusiasts, the hospital serves as the immediate
health for trauma, vehicular accidents and the like. However, due to inadequate resources,
such as human resource complements, and medical equipment and facilities, about 1,119
trauma cases in 2011 were referred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
(VSMMC) in Cebu City. From January 1- June 30, 2012. TDH referred 2,083 trauma
cases to VSMMC.

Converting the Talisay District Hospital into a tertiary hospital with an increased
bed capacity will provide better health service and will greatly benefit the people not only
in Talisay City but also of the neighboring areas in the Visayas considering the additional
number of patients the hospital can accommodate . The hospital will be more proactive
and responsive to the thrust of the DOH’s “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP)” and thereby
batter address the health needs of the most marginalized sector of the community.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

785

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Honorable GERALD ANTHONY V. GULLAS, JR.

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN TALISAY CITY,
PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE
TALISAY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY
FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) TO TWO HUNDRED (200) BEDS AND~
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Talisay District Hospital in Talisay City, Province of Cebu is
hereby converted into a general hospital to be known as the Talisay City General
Hospital

SEC. 2. The bed capacity of the Talisay City General Hospital is hereby increased
from twenty-five (25) to two hundred (200) beds.

The Secretary of the department of Health shall implement the increase in bed
capacity of the Talisay City General Hospital over a period of five (5) years from the
approval of this Act

SEC. 3. The existing service capability, professional health care services and
health human resource of the Talisay City General Hospital are hereby upgraded and
increased to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity as herein provided

SEC. 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act

SEC. 5. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of
Health, in consultation with the Secretary of Budget and Management, shall promulgate
the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 6. Republic Act No.7799 which first established the Talisay District
Hospital is hereby repealed. All laws, issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,