Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7454)
The Camarines Sur Provincial Hospital is converted and its name changed to Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital.
Its primary function is to serve as a regional training and teaching hospital attending patients from the Bicol Region who require hospitalization and special medical services not adequately available in their local hospitals, while continuing teaching, training, and research programs.
It covers all patients from the different provinces and cities of the Bicol Region who need hospitalization or special medical services that local hospitals cannot provide, and these patients shall be referred and attended by the Hospital.
The Hospital is authorized to operate at its present 450-bed capacity, including the 200-bed Don Susano J. Rodriguez Memorial Mental Hospital at Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur.
Any increase in bed capacity must be approved by the Secretary of Health upon the demand of service exigencies.
Patients who can afford to pay, as determined by the Hospital authority, must pay the cost of hospitalization and medical treatment.
No, indigents are exempt from paying the cost of hospitalization and medical services provided they submit a certificate of indigency issued by the barangay captain at their place of residence.
The Regional Director may negotiate and/or accept donations or grants from any person or entity for the hospital's improvement or modernization, but only upon prior authority of the Secretary of Health.
The current appropriations, assets (real and personal), and outstanding liabilities of the Camarines Sur Provincial Hospital are transferred and absorbed by the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital.
Yes, any donations or grants in transit intended for the Camarines Sur Provincial Hospital shall be credited to and received by the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital as its own.
This Act took effect immediately upon its approval on April 27, 1992.
All acts, executive orders, proclamations, decrees, or parts thereof inconsistent with RA 7454 are repealed or modified accordingly.