Increasing the Bed Capacity and Medical Personnel of Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Metro Manila

November 13, 2020

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11501

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE QUIRINO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA FROM FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS TO ONE THOUSAND (1,000) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL COMPLEMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. The authorized bed capacity of the Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) in Quezon City, Metro Manila, is hereby increased from five hundred (500) beds to one thousand (1,000) beds. The Secretary of the Department of Health (DOH) shall implement the increase in bed capacity of the QMMC consistent with a hospital development plan that shall be prepared by the Medical Center Chief of the QMMC to reflect the development goals of the hospital and submitted to the DOH.

SECTION 2. The existing professional health care services and facilities of the QMMC are hereby upgraded to conform with and be commensurate to the increase in its authorized bed capacity as herein provided for in Section 1, consistent with the hospital development plan.

SECTION 3. The existing workforce of the QMMC shall also be increased correspondingly, consistent with the hospital development plan. The Secretary of the DOH shall, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management and the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, and after consultation with the Medical Center Chief of the QMMC, determine the additional plantilla positions to be created and filled up.

SECTION 4. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the program of the DOH the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. All laws, decrees, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved: November 13, 2020.

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 116, No. 48, p. 7839 on November 30, 2020.