President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recently signed four new laws aimed at establishing and upgrading hospitals in different regions of the Philippines.
The copies of these laws were posted on the Official Gazette and shared on social media, including Facebook.
Republic Act (RA) 12068 was signed on November 8, aiming to transform the Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center in Balanga City, Bataan, into a multi-specialty hospital while expanding its bed capacity from 500 to 1,000.
Additionally, RA 12069 was also enacted, upgrading the Dr. Catalino Gallego Nava Provincial Hospital in Jordan, Guimaras, to a Level II hospital and increasing its bed capacity from 25 to 500. This hospital will also be renamed Dr. Catalino Gallego Nava Medical Center.
Meanwhile, the approved RA 12070 and RA 12071 establish the Victorias City General Hospital in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, and the Laguna Regional Hospital in Bay, Laguna, respectively.
These new laws require the Secretary of Health to secure funding for upgrading and establishing the said hospitals within the Department of Health’s program.
Another recent law signed by the President RA 12072 separates the Bacungan National High School – Mangop Extension in Barangay Mangop, Leon B. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte, from the Bacungan National High School and converts it into an independent institution, now named Mangop National High School.
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