PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8019 - AN ACT
UPGRADING THE EULOGIO RODRIGUEZ, SR. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FROM A
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL TO A MEDICAL CENTER, RENAMING IT AS 'AMANG'
RODRIGUEZ MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR. |
Section
1. The status of the Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. Memorial
Hospital in the Municipality of Marikina, Metro Manila, is hereby
upgraded from a provincial hospital to a medical center of the
Department of Health. As such, the hospital shall be under the
supervision of the Department of Health and subjects to the laws, rules
and regulations governing the category of existing hospitals. Sec. 2. The amount necessary to carry on the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter. Sec. 3. The hospital as a medical center shall participate in the training of doctors in their chosen field of expertise, nurses and paramedics. The conduct of research shall also be undertaken. Sec. 4. Henceforth, this hospital shall be named as 'Amang' Rodriguez Medical Center. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval and publication in the Official Gazette. (Note: Lapsed into law on May 25, 1995 without the signature of the President in accordance with Article VI, Sec. 27 (1) of the Constitution.) |