Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7388)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 7388 is to expand and upgrade the Elvin Masigan Municipal Hospital in Sta. Maria, Isabela from a ten-bed capacity municipal hospital to a twenty-five-bed capacity district hospital, to be known as the Elvin Masigan District Hospital.
The new bed capacity of the Elvin Masigan District Hospital is twenty-five beds.
It is located in Sta. Maria, Isabela.
The amount necessary shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
The Act took effect upon its approval on April 10, 1992.
It was approved by President Corazon C. Aquino, with Neptali A. Gonzales as President of the Senate and Ramon V. Mitra as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Converting a municipal hospital into a district hospital typically means an upgrade in services, facilities, and capacity, thus providing better healthcare to the district's population.
It had a ten-bed capacity before the upgrade.
RA 7388 was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines.
The House of Representatives passed it on September 4, 1991, and the Senate passed it on January 23, 1992.