REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6869 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TEN-BED MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORTES, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CORTES MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Department of Health, a ten-bed municipal hospital in the Municipality of Cortes, Province of Surigao del Sur, to be known as the Cortes Municipal Hospital.

SEC. 2. The hospital shall be constructed in a site to be determined by the Sangguniang Bayan of the Municipality of Cortes, Province of Surigao del Sur, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary of Health.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be charged against the appropriations authorized for the purpose under the Fiscal Year 1989 General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the herein hospital shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. Before the construction of the hospital, the Secretary of Health shall issue a written assurance that personnel of the hospital will be appointed and that funds for its maintenance and operation have been appropriated.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JOVITO R. SALONGA (Sgd.) RAMON V. MITRA

President of the Senate 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 December 22, 1989.

(Sgd.) EDWIN P. ACOBA (Sgd.) QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR.

Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the House of Representatives

Approved: March 8, 1990

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines