SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )

Second Regular Session ) "18 MAY 15 »P3:29

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S.B.No. 1800 7

Introduced by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE
MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL
CENTER (MMMHMQCQ), BATAC CITY, ILOCOS NORTE FROM
TWO HUNDRED (200) BEDS TO SEVEN HUNDRED (700) BEDS,

UPGRADING ITS SERVICES, FACILITIES, AND
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE
INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL
PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Province of Ilocos Norte has two (2) component cities—Laoag
and Batac—as well as twenty-one (21) municipalities. With the
continuous increase in the province’s population, more and more people
in the locality need to be treated and given the most appropriate medical
assistance.

The Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
(MMMHMC), Batac City, Ilocos Norte is the only medical center in the
provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. Apart from patients from these
provinces, it also caters to patients from as far as the Province of
Cagayan. In numerous instances, the MMMHMC is the referral hospital
of other hospitals in Ilocos, Cagayan, and Apayao. It is also the Regional
Eye Center and has the only Level 3 Neonatology Intensive Care Unit
set up in the area. It is currently being developed as the Heart, Lung,
Kidney, and Cancer Center of the North.



At present, the MMMHMC only has an authorized two hundred
(200)-bed capacity. Considering the number of patients that it has to
cater to, there have been times when it has been forced to accommodate
patients beyond its authorized bed capacity.

In view of the foregoing, it is high time that the bed capacity of
MMMHNC be increased in order to abide by the state’s policy to

provide quality and efficient health care to its citizens.

For the above-stated reasons, speedy passage of this measure is

earnestly sought.
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AQUILINO SKOKO” PIMENTEL III



SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) .
Second Regular Session ) 18 MY 15 329

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5. B.No. 1800 /

Introduced by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE
MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL
CENTER (MMMHMCO), BATAC CITY, ILOCOS NORTE FROM
TWO HUNDRED (200) BEDS TO SEVEN HUNDRED (700) BEDS,

UPGRADING ITS SERVICES, FACILITIES, AND
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE
INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL
PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Mariano Marcos
Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMHMC), Batac City,
Tlocos Norte is hereby upgraded from its current capacity of two hundred
(200) beds to seven hundred (700) beds.

SEC. 2. The existing service facilities and the professional health
services of the MMMHMC are hereby upgraded to conform with and be
commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided for in Section 1
hereof.

SEC. 3. The workforce and personnel, medical and non-medical,
of the MMMHMC shall also be increased. The Department of Health
(DOH), in coordination with the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), shall
determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up
upon prior consultation with the MMMHMC.

SEC. 4. The increase in bed capacity of the MMMHMC from two
hundred (200) to seven hundred (700) shall be implemented within a
period of four (4) years from the approval of this Act.

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SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department’s program the implementation of this Act, the funding of
which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen days after its publication
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

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