PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1424

: Presidential Decree No. 1424 is officially titled 'Further Amending Republic Act No. 1245, as Amended by Republic Act No. 2251, Otherwise Known as the Hospital Residency Law.'
: The primary reason was that Republic Act No. 1243, as amended, was found unresponsive to the needs and demands of government service and did not provide for the utilization of graduates of the Residency Program in the government service, leading to brain drain of medical manpower.
: They shall be known as Resident Trainees.
: No, physicians undergoing training in the teaching and training hospitals under the Department of Health and the Department of National Defense are not covered by the provisions of Republic Act 5901 (40-Hours a Week Law).
: 1. Orthopedic Surgery - 4 years 2. General Surgery - 4 years 3. General Medicine - 4 years 4. Obstetrics-Gynecology (Ob.-Gyn.) - 4 years 5. Pediatrics - 4 years.
: The Department of Health and the Department of National Defense.
: The purpose is to assimilate and utilize these graduates in the government medical service.
: The Secretary of Health and the Secretary of National Defense.
: They are hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly.
: It took effect immediately upon its signing on June 9, 1978.