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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1424
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1424 -
FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1243, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO.
2251, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE HOSPITAL RESIDENCY LAW
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WHEREAS,
Republic Act No. 1243, approved on June 10, 1955, as amended by
Republic Act No. 2251 dated June 18, 1959, which has been enforced for
the last twenty-two (22) years, has been found to be unresponsive to
the needs and demands of the government service as envisioned by the
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WHEREAS, the said law did not provide for the utilization of graduates
of the Residency Program in the government service where they are most
needed thus resulting in brain drain of medical manpower; and
WHEREAS, with the progress of medical science, it is felt that other
disciplines should be included in the training programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the following amendments to Republic act No. 1243, as
amended by Republic Act 2251, otherwise known as the Hospital Residency
Law:cralaw:red
Section 1. All appointees to vacancies in the
different teaching or training hospitals under the Department of Health
and the Department of National Defense in the various disciplines shall
be known as Resident Trainees.
Section 2. All physicians undergoing training in the
teaching and training hospitals under the Department of Health and the
Department of National Defense shall not be covered by the provisions
of Republic Act 5901 (40-Hours a Week Law).
Section 3. The training programs shall embrace the
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1. Orthopedic Surgery 4 years
2. General Surgery 4 years
3. General Medicine 4 years
4. Ob.-Gyn 4 years
5. Pediatrics 4 years
6. E.E.N.T. 4 years
7. Neurology & Psychiatry 4
years
8. Radiology & Radiotherapy 4
years
9. Urology (1 yr. General Surgery;
3 yrs. Urology) 4 years
10. Pulmonary Diseases 4 years
11. Anesthesiology 3 years
12. Pathology 3 years
13. Rehabilitation 3 years
14. General Practice 2 ½
years
15. Tropical Medicine 2 years
16. Clinical Pathology 2 years
Section 4. The supervision and control of these
training programs shall be under the Department of Health and the
Department of National Defense.
Section 5. To utilize the graduates of these training
programs, the Department of Health and the Department of National
Defense shall draw up a program to assimilate and utilize these
graduates in the government medical service.
Section 6. The Secretary of Health and the Secretary
of National Defense shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations to implement this Decree.
Section 7. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, modified
or amended accordingly.
Section 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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