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 Service-Facilities and Professional Health Care Therein, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

May 7, 1998 *

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8634

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 SERVICE-FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE THEREIN, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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).

SECTION 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.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

* Lapsed into law on May 7, 1998, 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. 31, 44 Supp., on August 3, 1998.