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Republic Act
Approved June 22, 1998

Republic Act No. 8658

An act increasing the bed capacity of vicente sotto memorial medical center, located in cebu city, from four hundred (400) to eight hundred (800) bed capacity and appropriating funds therefor

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM FOUR HUNDRED (400) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BED CAPACITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

In plain language

The act increases the bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center from 400 to 800 beds and appropriates funds for the expansion.

  • Increase bed capacity from 400 to 800.
  • Appropriate funds for the expansion.
  • Direct Department of Health to implement the Act.
  • Include amount in next General Appropriations Act.
  • Effective 15 days after publication.
Healthcare
Hospital Expansion
Bed Capacity
Philippines
Republic Act

Eleventh Congress

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8658, June 22, 1998 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM FOUR HUNDRED (400) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BED CAPACITY 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 Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center is hereby increased from four hundred (400) to eight hundred (800) beds.

Section 2

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 3

The Department of Health is directed to implement this Act.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

| (Sgd.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES President of the Senate | (Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR. 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 February 3, 1998.

| (Sgd.) HEZEL P. GACUTAN Secretary of the Senate | (Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO Secretary General House of Representatives |

Approved: June 22, 1998.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.