QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 8255)
RA 8255 converts the existing Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Surigao City into a regional training hospital to be known as Caraga Regional Hospital.
The existing Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital located in Surigao City.
It shall be known as Caraga Regional Hospital.
It is converted into a regional training hospital.
To issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.
It directs that the necessary amount shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment and thereafter.
The General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
Immediately upon its approval.
Section 1 effects the conversion to a regional training hospital named Caraga Regional Hospital. Section 2 authorizes the Secretary of Health to issue implementing rules. Section 3 addresses funding through inclusion in the General Appropriations Act. Section 4 provides immediate effect upon approval.
It indicates the hospital is intended not only to provide healthcare services but also to serve as a training site as part of the regional health system, consistent with the Act’s stated purpose.
It contemplates both: conversion is in Section 1, while administrative/operational implementation is supported by Section 2 through rules and regulations by the Secretary of Health.
Because the Act authorizes the proper government department (Department of Health) to detail how the conversion will be carried out, ensuring operational compliance with the Act’s purpose.
Section 1 of RA 8255 expressly states that the converted hospital “shall be known as Caraga Regional Hospital.”