Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa. in session assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established under the direct supervision of the Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, a twenty-bed emergency hospital in the Municipality of Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi, Province of Tawi-Tawi, to be, known as Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Emergency Hospital.

SEC. 2. The amount needed for the operation of the hospital shall be determined in accordance with Section 40 of Presidential Decree No. 1177 and charged to the appropriations authorized by Batas Pambansa Blg. 40 and 80 for the Ministry of Health intended for new hospitals. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The Minister of Health shall determine the manner by which said hospital shall be operationalized.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved, January 21, 1981.