QuestionsQuestions (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 55)
BP Blg. 55 changes the name of the Guimbal Emergency Hospital in Guimbal, Iloilo to the “Rep. Pedro G. Trono Memorial Hospital.”
The Guimbal Emergency Hospital situated in the Municipality of Guimbal, Province of Iloilo.
Rep. Pedro G. Trono Memorial Hospital.
Rep. Pedro G. Trono.
January 17, 1980.
It shall take effect upon its approval.
It was enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled.
The hospital is located in the Municipality of Guimbal, Province of Iloilo.
They provide the factual and policy reasons for the enactment, but the operative commands are mainly found in the sections (e.g., Section 1 and Section 2).
No. The law itself provides the name change in Section 1 and states that it takes effect upon approval under Section 2.
It states he was a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery and a Pharmacist, helped make possible the establishment of the hospital, and the hospital symbolizes service to the people, particularly in Iloilo’s First District.
They are cited in the ‘Whereas’ clauses to show his public service and accomplishments as justification for honoring him through the hospital renaming.
He served in the House of Representatives of the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses continuously for sixteen (16) years (1953–1969), representing the First District of Iloilo.
He initiated, worked for, and prosecuted the construction of the Guimbal Emergency Hospital, as well as bridges, roads, and school buildings in Iloilo’s First District.
Section 1: “The name of the Guimbal Emergency Hospital… is hereby changed to Rep. Pedro G. Trono Memorial Hospital.”