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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5702

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5702  - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGUM, PROVINCE OF DAVAO, TO BE KNOWN AS DAVAO DEL NORTE NATIONAL HOSPITAL AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR 

Sec. 1.    There shall be established, under the direct supervision of the Director of Medical Services, a national hospital in the Municipality of Tagum, Province of Davao, to be known as Davao del Norte National Hospital. 

Sec. 2.    The Secretary of Health shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. 

Sec. 3.    The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of said hospital during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventy, including the purchase of the site, the construction of the building, and the purchase of equipment, Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 

 Sec. 4.    This Act shall take effect upon its approval.   
                 Approved: June 21, 1969.  

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7179

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7179 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE DAVAO REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGUM, PROVINCE OF DAVAO, FROM ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) TO TWO HUNDRED (200) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

Sec. 1.    The bed capacity of the Davao Regional Hospital in the Municipality of Tagum, Province of Davao, is hereby increased from one hundred fifty (150) to two hundred (200) beds. 
Sec. 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. 
Sec. 3.    This Act shall take effect upon its approval.   
                Approved: January 14, 1992

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10678

AN ACT CONVERTING THE DAVAO REGIONAL HOSPITAL INTO DAVAO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7179

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

SECTION 1. Republic Act No. 7179 is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 1 to read as follows:
“SECTION 1. The Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City is hereby converted into a medical training center to be known as Davao Regional Medical Center with a capacity of six hundred (600) beds.”