Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7312)
The primary purpose of Republic Act No. 7312 is to expand and upgrade the Magallanes Medicare Hospital in the Municipality of Magallanes, Province of Sorsogon, from a fifteen-bed capacity medicare hospital into a twenty-five-bed capacity district hospital, to be known as the Magallanes District Hospital.
The Magallanes District Hospital is located in the Municipality of Magallanes, Province of Sorsogon.
The Magallanes District Hospital is authorized to have a twenty-five-bed capacity.
The original bed capacity of the Magallanes Medicare Hospital was fifteen beds.
The funding for the expansion and upgrade will be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following the enactment of the law and thereafter.
The Act took effect upon its approval on March 30, 1992.
The term 'district hospital' signifies the upgraded status of the hospital with an increased bed capacity and presumably expanded functions and services compared to a medicare hospital.
Republic Act No. 7312 was signed into law by President Corazon C. Aquino, Senate President Neptali A. Gonzales, and House Speaker Ramon V. Mitra.
No, RA 7312 does not specify the exact amount; it mandates that the amount necessary be included in the General Appropriations Act of the following year and thereafter.
The Act was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines.