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Fifteenth Congress

Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-three day of July, two thousand twelve.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10345

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE QUIRINO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FROM THREE HUNDRED FIFTY (350) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8313, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 8313 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The bed capacity of the Quirino Memorial Medical Center is hereby increased from three hundred fifty (350) to five hundred (500)."

Section 2. Section 5 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department’s programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act."

Section 3. Section 6 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in any newspaper of general circulation."

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE 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 January 24, 2012 and October 8, 2012, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of Senate

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: DEC 04 2012

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines

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