Eleventh Congress
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8658, June 22, 1998 ]
AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED IN CEBU CITY, FROM FOUR HUNDRED (400) TO EIGHT HUNDRED (800) BED CAPACITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center is hereby increased from four hundred (400) to eight hundred (800) beds.
Section 2. 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 3. The Department of Health is directed to implement this Act.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES
President of the Senate |
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA 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 February 3, 1998.
(Sgd.) HEZEL P. GACUTAN
Secretary of the Senate |
(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General House of Representatives |
Approved: June 22, 1998.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
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