QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 6945)
RA 6945 is titled “AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE AMAI-PAKPAK GENERAL HOSPITAL IN MARAWI CITY TO AMAI-PAKPAK PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL TO ENSURE A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE.” Its purpose is to rename the hospital to promote more efficient and effective delivery of health services.
It covers the Amai-Pakpak General Hospital in Marawi City, which is renamed to the Amai-Pakpak Provincial Hospital.
The name of the Amai-Pakpak General Hospital in Marawi City is changed to Amai-Pakpak Provincial Hospital.
Marawi City.
The Secretary of Health.
The Secretary of Health is directed to implement the provisions of the Act.
It takes effect upon its approval.
April 5, 1990.
It originated in the House of Representatives.
Final passage in the House of Representatives was on January 31, 1990, and in the Senate on October 13, 1989.
While RA 6945 mainly effects a change in name, the declared intent is to ensure more efficient and effective delivery of services to the people, reflecting an official administrative rebranding consistent with its provincial designation.
No. The text specifically provides only for the name change and directs the Secretary of Health to implement the Act; it does not detail additional operational or funding changes.
It has three substantive sections: Section 1 (name change), Section 2 (implementation by the Secretary of Health), and Section 3 (effectivity).
That the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
It was approved by President Corazon C. Aquino.
President of the Senate: JOVITO R. SALONGA; Speaker of the House of Representatives: RAMON V. MITRA.