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Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO,__ 4679

Introduced by REP. PROSPERO A. PICHAY, JR. and HON. JOHNNY T. PIMENTEL

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The primary role of hospitals and health institutions is to provide adequate and
proficient medical services to the people.

The Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical Center today started as an emergency
hospital in 1961. Its bed capacity increased to 50 beds in 1967 and to seventy five (75)
beds in 1970. In 1983 it was increased into a 100 bed capacity under the National
Government Unit until it became to what it is today, a tertiary level 200 bed hospital by
virtue of Republic Act 7433 passed in February 1993,

All province-owned District Hospitals and Rural Health Units in Surigao del Sur
refer their patients to ASTMMC for various medical emergencies. Municipalities refer
patients to ASTMMC for medical interventions. Private practitioners also refer their
patients for confinement at the ASTMMC.

Presently, the ASTMMC is accommodating of over four hundred (400) patients in
confinement at a time, more than double its existing bed capacity. It is expected to
increase further as the ASTMMC continues to become a more and more dependable
hospital in the province of Surigao del Sur.

This steady increase of medical cases and influx of patients necessitates the
need for the further upgrade of the bed capacity of the Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical
Center. This bill aims to provide the ASTMMC with an increased bed capacity.

In view of the forgoing, the immediate consideration and passage of this bill is
earnestly sought.

PROSFERO A/PICHAY, JR. IO

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. PROSPERO A. PICHAY, JR. and HON. JOHNNY T. PIMENTEL

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE ADELA SERRA TY MEMORIAL,
MEDICAL CENTER IN TANDAG CITY, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR, FROM
TWO HUNDRED (200) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS
SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL.
PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1, The authorized bed capacity of the Adela Serra Ty Memorial
Medical Center (ASTMMC) in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur is hereby upgraded from
two hundred (200) to five hundred (500) beds.

SECTION 2. The existing service facilities and other services of the ASTMMC.
are hereby upgraded to conform with the bed capacity increase as provided for in
Section 1 hereof.

SECTION 3. The existing medical personnel of the ASTMMC shall also be
correspondingly increased. The Department of Health, in coordination with the
Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission shall
determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up upon prior
consultation and recommendation by the ASTMMC.

SECTION 4. The increase in bed capacity of the ASTMMC from two hundred
(200) to five hundred (500) beds shall be implemented for a period of not more than one
(1) years form the approval of this Act.

SECTON 5, The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the
Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act


SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,