REPUBLIC ACT No. 4956

An Act Providing for the Establishment of an Emergency Hospital at Barrio Sayangan, Municipality of Atok, Subprovince of Benguet, Mountain Province, to be Known as Atok Emergency Hospital, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. There shall be established, under the direct supervision of the Director of Medical Services, an emergency hospital in Barrio Sayangan, Municipality of Atok, Subprovince of Benguet, Mountain Province, to be known as Atok Emergency Hospital. The site for the said hospital shall be determined by the municipal council of the Municipality of Atok in consultation with the Director of Medical Services.

Section 2. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this Act.

Section 3. The sum of three hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said hospital for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-seven. Such sums as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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

Approved: June 17, 1967.


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