Republic ofthe Philippines
House of Representatives
@urcon City, Meteo Mails

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. ean

Introduced by Representative Jesus Crispin C. Remulla

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial
Hospital into a general hospital to be known as the Cavite Central General
Hospital, increase its bed capacity from two hundred sixty-four (264) to six
hundred (600) and upgrade its service facilities and professional health care.

Section 15, Article II of the Constitution provides that:

“The State shall protect and promote the right to health
of the people and instill health consciousness among them.”

Pursuant to the foregoing constitutional provision, it is the obligation of
the State to give emphasis on the preventive rather than the curative aspect of
health. The best way to achieve this is to enhance the health services of the
people.

The General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital is the sole
government-run hospital and the only provincial tertiary hospital located in the
City of Trece Martires, Province of Cavite. It delivers the health and medical
needs of the people of Trece Martires City and its adjacent municipalities. For
years, the General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital has been plagued with
the problems of having insufficient bed capacity to cater to the growing
population of the Province of Cavite where public hospital to population ratio is
at 1:408,700. Furthermore, the stringent plantilla limitation set by the
Department of Budget and Management has resulted to the migration of
medical specialists to other government hospitals.

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This proposed bill will not only provide better and more efficient delivery
of health services for the people of the City of Trece Martires but for the entire
Province of Cavite.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

JESUS CRIS#IN C. REMULLA


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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Aanile
Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _4499

Introduced by Representative Jesus Crispin C. Remulla

AN ACT

CONVERTING THE GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF TRECE MARTIRES, PROVINCE OF
CAVITE INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE
CAVITE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, INCREASING ITS BED
CAPACITY FROM TWO-HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR (264) TO SIX
HUNDRED (600), UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES AND
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE
OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital in the
City of Trece Martires, Province of Cavite is hereby converted into a general
hospital to be known as the Cavite Central General Hospital.

SEC. 2. The authorized bed capacity of the Cavite Central General
Hospital is hereby increased from two hundred sixty-four (264) to six hundred
(600) beds.

The Secretary of Health shall implement the increase in bed capacity of

the Cavite Central General Hospital within two (2) years from the approval of

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this Act.

SEC. 3. The existing service facilities and professional health care
services of the Cavite Central General Hospital are hereby upgraded to conform
with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase as provided for under
Section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 4. The plantilla of employees of Cavite Central General Hospital
which include doctors, nurses and support personnel shall also be increased
correspondingly commensurate to the increase in its authorized bed capacity.
The Secretary of Health shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Budget
and Management, Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission and the
Cavite Central General Hospital, determine the additional plantilla positions to
be created pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall 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. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the
Secretary of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the
effective implementation of this Act.

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,