TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
 
 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
H. No. 1856
Introduced by Representative Binky April M. Tupas 
AN ACT  
ESTABLISHING THE NORTHERN ILOILO GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN DIONISIO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution states that “The State shall 
protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health 
consciousness among them.” 
Furthermore, Article XIII, Section 11 of the same further emphasizes that 
“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.” 
Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution, the government must 
continuously exert efforts in ensuring quality and accessible health care for its 
people. 
This bill seeks to establish a tertiary hospital under the full and direct 
control, supervision and management of the Department of Health to be known 
as the Northern Iloilo General Hospital located in San Dionisio, Iloilo. 
The establishment of the Northern Iloilo General Hospital will 
complement and operationalize Republic Act No. 11223 otherwise known as 
the Universal Health Care Act as it would serve as an End Referral Hospital in 
the Fifth District of Iloilo1 catering to the patients of the Gov. Niel D. Tupas Sr. 
District Hospital, Sara District Hospital, and Jesus M. Colmenares District 
Hospital, all of which are Level I hospitals. The proposed general hospital will 
complement the existing district hospitals, expand medical services, and 
address specialized cases.   
The leading causes of referrals and morbidity for the three district 
hospitals are the following (Hospital Management Office, Province of Iloilo, 
2021): 
1 The Fifth District of Iloilo is comprised of eleven municipalities namely, Ajuy, Balasan, Barotac Viejo, 
Batad, Carles, Concepcion, Estancia, Lemery, San Dionisio, San Rafael, and Sara.  
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Hospital 
Leading Causes of 
Referrals 
Leading Causes of 
Morbidity 
Gov. Niel D. Tupas Sr. 
District Hospital, Barotac 
Viejo 
Community 
acquired 
pneumonia 
Leptospirosis 
Pulmonary tuberculosis 
Cardiovascular 
disease 
infarct 
Acute tonsillopharyngitis 
Central 
nervous 
system 
infection 
Hypoglycemia 
Abortion 
Upper 
gastrointestinal 
bleeding 
Vulvar hemorrhage 
Community 
acquired 
pneumonia 
Acute gastroenteritis 
Acute gastritis 
Cardiovascular disease 
Pulmonary tuberculosis 
Urinary tract infection 
Benign febrile seizure 
Upper 
gastrointestinal 
bleeding 
Bronchial asthma 
Hypertension 
Sara District Hospital, Sara Intrauterine pregnancy with 
complications 
Pneumonia 
Appendicitis 
Head injury secondary to 
vehicular accident/fall 
CVA/Stroke 
Hypertensive 
cardiovascular disease 
Meningitis 
CoVid 19 infection 
Acute Abdomen 
Congestive heart failure 
CoVid 19 infection 
Urinary tract infection 
Pneumonia 
Acute gastroenteritis 
Gastritis 
Hypertension 
Hypertensive 
cardiovascular disease 
Pulmonary tuberculosis 
Non ulcerative dyspepsia 
Diabetes mellitus 
Jesus M. Colmenares 
District Hospital, Balasan 
CoVid 19 infection 
Cerebrovascular infection 
Pneumonia 
Intestinal obstruction 
Acute appendicitis 
Tuberculosis meningitis 
Tetanus stage 
Bruns 
Obstruction uropathy 
Lacerated wound 
Pneumonia 
Sepsis neonatorum 
CoVid 19 
Acute gastroenteritis 
Acute gastritis 
Cerebrovascular disease 
Dengue fever 
Urinary tract infection 
Hypertension 
Sepsis/septicemia 
The general hospital will serve indigent patients coming from the 
Province of Iloilo and from the nearby municipalities of Capiz. The hospital will 
also decongest regional hospitals all of which are located in the City of Iloilo 
and bring essential medical health services closer to patients coming from the 
Fifth District of Iloilo which is the biggest district in the Province of Iloilo in terms 
of the number of constituents with a population of 472,661 (based on PSA 
census of 01 May 2020). At present, referred patients coming from the District 
will have to travel some 2 to 3 hours to go to the city hospitals. Patients coming 
from the island barangays will have to travel longer since going to the mainland 
alone will account for half day travel by boat on good weather. There are 
occasions when due to high occupancy rate, patients will not be readily 
accommodated or even refused admission. 




TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
H. No. 1856
Introduced by Representative Binky April M. Tupas 
AN ACT  
ESTABLISHING THE NORTHERN ILOILO GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN DIONISIO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. There shall be established a general hospital in the Municipality 
of San Dionisio, Province of Iloilo to be known as the Northern Iloilo General 
Hospital, which shall be under the direct control and supervision of the 
Department of Health (DOH).  
SEC. 2. The DOH shall develop a hospital development plan to define the 
service capacity, developmental goals and targets of the hospital. Any future 
increase in bed capacity and upgrading of health care facilities, service 
capability, and human resource complement shall be based on the hospital 
development plan.  
SEC. 3. The site of the hospital shall be in the Municipality of San Dionisio, 
Province of Iloilo.  
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department’s 
program the implementation of this Act. The amount of Nine Hundred Million 
Pesos (Php 900,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the implementation of 
this Act which shall be included and funded under the General Appropriations 
Act under the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the DOH. 
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued operation shall 
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.  
SEC. 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the 
remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.  
SEC. 6. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations 
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,