Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 5767)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 5767 is to establish a station hospital in the Municipality of Capul, Province of Northern Samar, known as the Capul Station Hospital, and to authorize the appropriation of funds for its establishment, operation, and maintenance.
A station hospital is defined as a small hospital with a bed capacity of not more than twenty-five beds, intended for the management of common medical and maternity cases and surgical emergencies requiring ordinarily a short period of confinement. Cases requiring complicated major surgery or elaborate diagnostic examination or treatment by a specialist are to be transferred to regular provincial or regional hospitals.
The Capul Station Hospital is authorized to have a bed capacity of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five beds.
The Secretary of Health is responsible for the establishment of the hospital, providing it with a suitable table of organization, promulgating rules and regulations for its maintenance and operation.
The hospital shall have a suitable table of organization with not more than fourteen personnel.
Yes, the Secretary of Health may merge the hospital with local health units in the Municipality of Capul if the exigency of the service demands it, provided that the public health work of the local health units is not impaired.
A sum of one hundred thousand pesos was authorized to be appropriated for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the hospital for the fiscal year 1969.
After 1969, the funds needed for the operation and maintenance of the hospital shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The Act took effect upon its approval, which was on June 21, 1969.
No, the hospital is not intended for complicated major surgeries or specialized treatments; such cases should be transferred to regular provincial or regional hospitals.