BACOLOD City – The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure that would establish a tertiary hospital in this city to be known as the “Bacolod City General Hospital.”
Cong. Greg Gasataya, author of House Bill 6731, said the measure was approved by the Congress on June 3 during their regular session.
He hopes that the Senate would fast track the approval of this bill that will automatically falls on the Committee of Health.
“The bill aims for the establishment of a new hospital for the Bacolodnons,” Gasataya stressed, saying the Department of Health (DOH) is willing to allocate the funds once the bill becomes a law.
The DOH, Gasataya said, will be the one to construct the building into a donated lot in this city.
“A feasibility study will be conducted in order for the appropriation of the budget for the construction, as to the number of bed capacity the DOH will determine,” the congressman furthered.
Gasataya said he introduced the bill after he noticed the perennial congestion of patients at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital.
“Under the guidelines of DOH, a tertiary general hospital offers services such as Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency Services, Outpatient Services, and Ancilliary and Support Services such as clinical laboratory, imaging facility, and pharmacy,” the Bacolodnon lawmaker added.
Along with these, Gasataya said facilities such as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, Ambulatory Surgical Clinic, Dialysis Clinic, Tertiary Clinical Lab with Histopathology, a Blood Bank, and third Level X-Ray may also be included./PN
