An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Hospital in the Municipality of Surala, Province of South Cotabato, to be Known as Surala General Hospital, and Authorizing the Appropriations of Funds Therefor
Year:
1968
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 15, 1968
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This Act provides for the establishment of the Surala General Hospital in the Municipality of Surala, South Cotabato, to address the medical needs of the area. It also authorizes the appropriation of funds for the hospital's establishment, operation, and maintenance.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 5397
An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Hospital in the Municipality of Surala, Province of South Cotabato, to be Known as Surala General Hospital, and Authorizing the Appropriations 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 a hospital in the Municipality of Surala, Province of South Cotabato, to be known as the Surala General Hospital to serve the medical needs of the new Province of South Cotabato.
Section 2. The sum of two hundred fifty 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 during the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-nine. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 15, 1968.
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