Tenth Congress Third Regular Session
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8372, November 02, 1997 ]
AN ACT CONVERTING THE DON JOSE S. MONFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAROTAC NUEVO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, INTO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL, FUNCTIONING AS AN EXTENSION OF THE WESTERN VISAYAS MEDICAL CENTER IN ILOILO CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE DON JOSE S. MONFORT MEDICAL CENTER EXTENSION HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The Don Jose S
Monfort Memorial Hospital in the Municipality of Barotac Nuevo, Province of Iloilo, is hereby converted into a tertiary hospital which shall function as an extension hospital of the Western Visayas Medical Center.
Section 2
The said extension hospital shall serve as curative, teaching, training and medical research component of the Western Visayas Medical Center.
Section 3
The extension hospital shall be under the supervision of the Western Visayas Medical Center in accordance with its charter in coordination with the Department of Health.
Section 4
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.
Section 5
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, Lapsed into law on November 2, 1997, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
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