Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No,_ 3143

Introduced by
Honorable Cristal L. Bagatsing

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The most important role of hospitals and health institutions is to provide adequate and
competent medical services to the people. The reality, however, is that it is difficult to secure
medical services from big private hospitals that often charge medical fees that the ordinary
Filipino cannot afford, leaving them with no other option but to rely on the arguably
insufficient medical services provided by government hospitals. This is especially true with
patients afflicted with cancer, serious skin diseases, and those in need of surgery where the
medical procedures required involve a great amount of money. Sadly, perennial budgetary
problems plague government hospitals and prevent them from filling this great void in the
Filipinos’ health care needs.

The Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (IRRMMC) is the flagship hospital of the
Department of Health (DOH). Through the years. JRRMMC has tried to provide the public
with premium yet affordable health care services. It caters not only to patients from Metro
Manila, but also to patients referred by other medical institutions from various provinces.

Statistics show that the daily admission of JRRMMC for emergency consultation and
treatment, medical cases involving cancer-causing diseases, and dermatology related
problems, have increased through the years, IRRMMC has efficiently responded to this call
despite its limited resources. However, the steady growth of medical cases, particularly in
the fields of trauma, cancer and dermatology, necessitates the need for the government to
review JRRMMC's policies,

There is an imperative need to upgrade the status of the JRRMMC to a national medical
center for trauma. Cancer and dermatology of the Department of Health. To realize this soal,
the improvement of this premier government hospital is necessary. This bill aims to provide
the JRRMMC two new buildings for its patients, increase its bed capacity, and equip it with
state-of-the-art laboratory facilities.


This legislation aims to create a more responsive health institution that addresses the
pressing medical needs of the people, more particularly the poor and the marginalized of
society.

Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
CRISTAL ATSING

Rep tive
5" District, Manila


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3143

Introduced by
Honorable Cristal L. Bagatsing

FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. The Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC), hereinafter referred
Center located along Rizal Avenue in Manila, shall be upgraded into a Department
of Health National Center for trauma, cancer and dermatology.

SEC 2. To enable the Center to effectively carry out its functions as a national center for
trauma, cancer and dermatology, a modern twelve-story main building with a heliport for
emergency operations shall be constructed within the JRRMMC compound.

SEC 3. The Center, manned by an adequate number of competent personnel, shall be
equipped with modem facilities to be housed in the main building, particularly as follows:
(a) A one thousand five hundred (1,500) bed capacity for in-patients;
(b) Emergency facilities for at least seven hundred (700) cases per day:
(c) Fully-equipped special care units such as, but not limited to, the Medical Intensive
Care Unit (MICU), the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit (NICO), Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SKCU) and the Burns, Stroke,
Spine, Renal and Pulmonary Care units:
(d) State-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and modalities;
(©) Modern training and research laboratory facilities:
(8) Complete sectionalized laboratory and blood banking system;
(9) Computer-based Integrated Hospital Information System;

‘ Other facilities and amenities necessary for a premier teaching-training medical
Center.


SEC 4. A four-story complex shall also be constructed within the JRRMMC compound to
house service facilities with departmentalized clinics for two thousand out-patients.

SEC 5. The execution of the project plan for the physical plant of the Center shall be
undertaken by the Department of Health (DOH) in consultation with the Department of
Public Works and Highways

SEC 6. Such amounts as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be taken
from the budget of the Department of Health for Fiscal Year 2020. Thereafter, the budgetary
Tequirement for the Canter’s operation shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC 7. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repeated or amended accordingly _

SEC 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,