Increase Bed Capacity of Zamboanga City Med Center

Increase Bed Capacity of Zamboanga City Med Center

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Title Supreme Court: Increase Bed Capacity of Zamboanga City Med Center

Law: Republic Act No. 10613

Decision Date: Aug 28, 2013

Republic Act No. 10613 increases the bed capacity of Zamboanga City Medical Center in the Philippines from 250 to 500, making it the principal hospital facility of Region IX for a period of three years.

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Legal basis and amended statute

Republic Act No. 10613 amends Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7272.
Republic Act No. 7272 is the governing statute whose bed-capacity directive for the Medical Center is modified by this Act.

Policy and purpose

The Medical Center is designated as the principal hospital facility of Region IX under Section 2.
The Act’s operative purpose is to increase the Medical Center’s bed capacity from two hundred fifty (250) to five hundred (500) under Section 2.

Bed capacity requirement for Zamboanga City Med Center

Section 2 requires the Medical Center to increase its bed capacity from 250 beds to 500 beds.
Section 2 states that the bed-capacity increase is implemented for a period of not more than three (3) years from the approval of Republic Act No. 10613.
The increase in bed capacity is part of the Medical Center’s service role as the principal hospital facility of Region IX.

Government actions for implementation and funding

Section 2 directs the Secretary of Health to immediately include in the Department’s programs the implementation of Republic Act No. 10613.
Section 2 requires that the programs’ implementation funding be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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