November 2, 1997 *

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8372

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

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.

* Lapsed into law on November 2, 1997 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 94 No. 13 page 2296 on March 30, 1998.