Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7546)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 7546 is to expand and upgrade the Medicare Community Hospital in the Municipality of San Miguel, Province of Surigao del Sur, from a ten-bed capacity medicare hospital into a twenty-five-bed capacity district hospital known as the San Miguel District Hospital.
Before the enactment of RA 7546, the Medicare Community Hospital had a ten-bed capacity.
The new bed capacity of the hospital after the upgrade is twenty-five beds.
The expansion and upgrading of the hospital is provided under Section 1 of RA 7546.
The funding necessary to carry out the provisions of RA 7546 shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter, as stated in Section 2.
RA 7546 took effect upon its approval, as specified in Section 3.
The San Miguel District Hospital is located in the Municipality of San Miguel, Province of Surigao del Sur.
RA 7546 was approved by President Corazon C. Aquino on May 22, 1992.
The House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines passed RA 7546.
The upgraded hospital will be officially named the San Miguel District Hospital.