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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

763
HOUSE BILL Nt

Introduced by REP. JOSE FRANCISCO “KIKO” B. BENITEZ, Ph.D.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The 1987 Constitution guarantees the protection and promotion of the right to health of the
people (Section 15, Article II). Accordingly, the State shall endeavor to make health services
available to all people at affordable cost (Sec. 11, Art. XIII).

The delivery of timely, quality and affordable health services, however, is hampered by the
lack of government healthcare facilities and human resources which may lead to tragic loss of
life.

The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental is witness
to this miserable condition. The Hospital’s authorized bed capacity is one hundred (100) beds;
however, based on data from the Hospital, its bed occupancy rate! in 2018 was three hundred
percent (300%) higher than its capacity.

The number of inpatients in the same year totaled 22,014, or sixty (60) patients admitted every
day, staying for five (5) days on average.

Clearly, the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital urgently needs an augmentation in
its facilities and personnel to meet the high demand for healthcare in the Province of Negros
Occidental and prevent the unnecessary loss of life.

Increasing its authorized bed capacity, upgrading its facilities and hiring additional personnel
will greatly help the Hospital to adequately address the healthcare needs of Negrenses, enabling
them to fulfill their full productive potential.

In view of this, this representation earnestly seeks the immediate approval of this measure.

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REP, JOSE Kea cor vie ITEZ, Ph.D.

" Bed occupancy rate is the percentage of inpatient beds occupied over a period of time. It is a measure of the
intensity of hospital resources utilized by inpatients.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT!
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4763
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. JOSE FRANCISCO “KIKO” B. BENITEZ, Ph.D.

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE TERESITA LOPEZ JALANDONI
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF SILAY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL FROM ONE HUNDRED (100) TO THREE HUNDRED (300) BEDS,
UPGRADING ITS SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF
ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, 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 Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial
Hospital in the City of Silay, Province of Negros Occidental, is hereby increased from One
Hundred (100) to Three Hundred (300) beds.

SEC. 2. The existing service facilities and professional health care services of the Teresita
Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital are hereby upgraded to conform with and be
commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided in Section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. The Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, through its Board of Trustees,
is hereby authorized to increase and hire additional employees corresponding to the upgrading
of its services and facilities and increase in bed capacity. The Chief of Hospital of the Teresita
Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital, shall coordinate with the Department of Health, the
Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission for the efficient
and effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 4. The inerease in bed capacity of the Teresita Lopez. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital
from One Hundred (100) to Three Hundred (300) beds shall be implemented for a period of
not more than three (3) years from the approval of this Act.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs
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 (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,