Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 8549)
Republic Act No. 8549 is an act upgrading the seventy-five (75)-bed capacity Puerto Princesa Provincial Hospital in the City of Puerto Princesa, Province of Palawan, into a tertiary level hospital with a one hundred fifty (150)-bed capacity, renamed as Ospital ng Palawan.
The bed capacity of the hospital is increased to one hundred fifty (150) beds.
The new name of the hospital is Ospital ng Palawan.
The Department of Health has administrative and technical supervision of the Ospital ng Palawan.
The Department of Health is tasked to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations.
The funding necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment and thereafter.
Yes, the local government is required to maintain the present level of financing support for the hospital.
The Act took effect upon its approval on February 24, 1998.
The Act was approved by then President Fidel V. Ramos.
The House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines enacted RA 8549.