Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11470)
Republic Act No. 7272 converts the Zamboanga Regional Hospital in Zamboanga City into the Zamboanga City Medical Center and appropriates funds for this purpose.
The Zamboanga Regional Hospital is renamed as the Zamboanga City Medical Center.
The Medical Center shall have a minimum bed capacity of two hundred fifty (250).
The Medical Center shall be under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health.
The present staff and personnel of the Zamboanga Regional Hospital shall be transferred to and absorbed by the Zamboanga City Medical Center.
Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be charged against the lump-sum appropriations under the current General Appropriations Act, and subsequent operational funds will be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Yes, all lands, buildings, equipment, appropriations, and other properties and assets belonging to the Zamboanga Regional Hospital are transferred to the Zamboanga City Medical Center.
The Secretary of the Department of Health is directed to immediately implement this Act.
This Act took effect upon its approval, which was on March 24, 1992.
The Act was enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.