[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8412, November 27, 1997 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MARGOSATUBIG DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN MARGOSATUBIG, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, INTO A REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS MARGOSATUBIG REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND TO INCREASE THE BED CAPACITY TO THREE HUNDRED (300) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Margosatubig District Hospital in Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur, shall be converted into a regional hospital to be known as Margosatubig Regional Hospital and to increase the bed capacity from fifty (50) to three hundred (300) beds.

SEC. 2. The Department of Health shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 3. 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.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved, Lapsed into law on November 27, 1997, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.