Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7410)
The primary purpose of Republic Act No. 7410 is to expand and upgrade the Medicare Community (Municipal) Hospital in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat from a fifteen-bed capacity community hospital into a twenty-five-bed capacity district hospital, to be known as the Lebak District Hospital.
The new bed capacity of the hospital after the upgrade shall be twenty-five beds.
The hospital is located in the municipality of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat province.
After the enactment of this law, the Medicare Community Hospital shall be known as the Lebak District Hospital.
Section 2 of the law specifies that the amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
The Act shall take effect upon its approval, as stated in Section 3.
No, the law does not provide any provisions regarding penalties for non-compliance.
The law does not explicitly state who will manage the upgraded hospital; it focuses on the expansion and upgrading of the hospital's capacity and naming.
The law was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
This hospital upgrade is legislated under Republic Act No. 7410.