Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7386)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 7386 is to expand and upgrade the Montevista Emergency Hospital in the Municipality of Montevista, Province of Davao del Norte, from a twenty-five-bed capacity emergency hospital into a seventy-five-bed capacity provincial hospital, to be known as the Davao del Norte Provincial Hospital.
The hospital being upgraded is located in the Municipality of Montevista, Province of Davao del Norte.
The new bed capacity of the hospital after the upgrade is seventy-five beds.
The new name of the hospital will be the Davao del Norte Provincial Hospital.
Funding for the hospital upgrade is addressed under Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7386.
The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
Republic Act No. 7386 took effect upon its approval on April 10, 1992.
Key officials involved were Neptali A. Gonzales, President of the Senate; Ramon V. Mitra, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Corazon C. Aquino, President of the Philippines.
Before the enactment, the hospital was a twenty-five-bed capacity emergency hospital; after enactment, it became a seventy-five-bed capacity provincial hospital.
No, Republic Act No. 7386 does not specify any penalties for non-compliance or violations within its text.