[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8634, May 07, 1998 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE BAGUIO GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN BAGUIO CITY, FROM FOUR HUNDRED (400) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, UPGRADING THE SERVICEFACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE THEREIN, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR



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

SECTION 1. The bed capacity of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center in Baguio City is hereby increased from four hundred (400) to five hundred (500).

SEC. 2. Existing service-facilities and professional health care services are also hereby upgraded to conform with and commensurate to the bed-capacity increase as provided in Section 1 as above-cited.

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 upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on December 15, 1997 and November 17, 1997, respectively.
 
(Sgd.) LORENZO E. LEYNES JR.
(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary of the Senate
Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved:

FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

Lapsed into law on May 7, 1998, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.