Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 6548)
Republic Act No. 6548 further amends the Revised Charter of Quezon City, particularly concerning the organization and administration of its city departments and specifically establishing provisions regarding the Quezon City General Hospital.
The city departments under the Mayor's direct supervision are the Department of Engineering, Department of Finance, Law Department, Department of Health, Police Department, Department of Assessment, Fire Department, and the Quezon City General Hospital.
The Director of the Hospital, appointed by the City Mayor, administers, directs, coordinates, and controls the hospital, ensuring it provides inpatient treatment, ambulatory and domiciliary care, preventive services, and serves as a medical training and research center.
The Director must formulate the hospital's goals, develop patient care programs, ensure continuous facility improvement and training, recommend necessary measures and budgets, levy and collect fees, handle hospital funds, manage procurement and property care, maintain accounting records, coordinate with other medical agencies, and perform other legally assigned duties.
The hospital is financed through appropriations from the city treasury, specific city government funds for projects, income from pay patients and donations, aid from the National Government, and budgetary surpluses or savings from these sources.
Hospital officers and employees, including two Assistant Directors and other key personnel, are appointed by the City Mayor upon the recommendation of the Director of the Hospital and must comply with the Civil Service Law, rules, and regulations.
The Director shall receive compensation based on prevailing salary laws, enjoy the rank and privileges of a head of department, and for two years after the Act's approval, shall receive a salary not exceeding twenty thousand pesos.
The Director can levy, collect, and receive charges and fees from pay patients, solicit donations, remit funds to the city treasurer or a government depository with City Council approval, and disburse funds following government accounting procedures.
The Director must maintain separate books of accounts under a hospital accounting unit, keep appropriate records, render accounting reports to the City Council, city treasurer, and city auditor, and ensure all expenditures comply with laws and ordinances.
Incumbent hospital officers and employees shall receive salary increases and allowances due under existing salary laws and ordinances without needing new appointments, effective from the Act's approval date.