Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 8343)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 8343 is to convert the Adela Serra Ty Memorial Hospital in Tandag, Surigao del Sur into a tertiary level medical center with an increased bed capacity of 200 beds, under the full administrative and technical supervision of the Department of Health.
The Adela Serra Ty Memorial Hospital will be renamed as the Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical Center.
The medical center will operate under the full administrative and technical supervision of the Department of Health (DOH).
The bed capacity is increased to two hundred (200) beds.
The Department of Health (DOH) is responsible for issuing the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of the Act.
The funding necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment and thereafter.
The Act took effect upon its approval on August 12, 1997.
It is classified as a tertiary level medical center.
The Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled enacted the Act.
The law establishes the conversion as a permanent change by virtue of the Act; any further changes would require new legislation or directives by competent authorities.