SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 2655 
;!",A.,. 
-<,: 
'15 
FEB 16 P6 :12 
Introduced by Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING THE DAVAO REGIONAL HOSPITAL INTO DAVAO 
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7179 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to convert the Davao Regional Hospital (DRH) in Tagum City, 
Province of Davao Del Norte into a regional training center to be known as Davao 
Regional Medical Center and increasing its bed capacity from 200 to 500. 
Currently, the DRH is a government tertiary training hospital, which holds the 
distinction of being the cancer center of Mindanao, Neuro-Surgery Training Center 
and has the only accredited kidney transplant program in Mindanao serving at least 
17,000 major and minor surgical cases. Presently, the Institution has a daily in-patient 
traffic of 600 or thrice its mandated capacity, not only among residents of Davao 
Region but also from Regions IX, X, XII and Caraga 
Expanding the bed capacity of the DRH is a viable solution to addressing the 
hospital's persistent capacity problem and shall greatly boost Davao region's and 
Mindanao's health sector development. Also, the hospital's conversion into a medical 
training center shall provide opportunities for availment of affordable medical 
internship for local medical students and thus, further improve the quality of basic 
health services to the growing populace of these region. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this measure· ear stly sought. 
Se 
18to "TG" Guiugona III 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES) 
Republic of the Philippines) 
Second Regular Session) 
SENATE 
SENATE BILL NO. 2655 
" 
. 
~t'n:ttl' 
" 
lOif,;, "f til' ~""'~ 
'15 
FEB 16 P6 :12 
HECEIVF;D IW:_._~~ 
Introduced by Senator Teofisto "TG" Guingona III 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING THE DA VAO REGIONAL HOSPITAL INTO DA VAO 
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7179 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
1 
SECTION 1. Republic Act No. 7179 is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 1 
2 
to read as follows: 
3 
4 
"SECTION 1. THE DAVAO REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN TAGUM 
5 
CITY IS HEREBY CONVERTED INTO A MEDICAL TRAINING 
6 
CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS DA V AO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 
7 
WITH A CAPACITY OF FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS" 
8 
9 
SEC. 2. 
Section 1 ofthe same Act is hereby deleted. 
10 
11 
SEC. 3. Section 2 of the same Act is hereby amended and renumbered as Section 3 
12 
to read as follows: 
13 
14 
"SEC 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
15 
shall be [included] CHARGED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS OF THE 
16 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THEREAFTER, SUCH AMOUNT AS MAY 
17 
BE NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE 
18 
HOSPITAL 
SHALL 
BE 
INCLUDED 
in 
the 
ANNUAL 
General 
19 
Appropriations Act". 
20 
21 
SEC. 4. A new Section 4 is hereby inserted to read as follows: 
22 
23 
"SEC.4. THE INCREASE IN BED CAPACITY OF THE DAV AO 
24 
REGIONAL HOSPITAL FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) TO FIVE 
25 
HUNDRED (500) BEDS SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR A PERIOD 
26 
OF NOT MORE THAN FOUR (4) YEARS FROM THE APPROVAL OF 
27 
THIS ACT". 
28 
1 


1 
SEC. 5, Section 3 of the same Act is hereby amended and renumbered as Section 5 
2 
to read as follows: 
3 
4 
"SEC. 5, This Act shall take effect [upon its approval] FIFTEEN DAYS 
5 
AFTER ITS PUBLICATION 1N ANY NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL 
6 
CIRCULATION", 
7 
8 
9 
Approved, 
2