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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 306
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 306
- CONVERTING THE MAJOR FERDINAND E. MARCOS HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BAYOMBONG, PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, INTO THE MAJOR FERDINAND E.
MARCOS VETERANS REGIONAL HOSPITAL
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WHEREAS, it
is a historical fact that the Bayombong Hospital in Nueva Vizcaya
played a vital and historical role in the resistance movement against
the Japanese Forces, being the hospital which the then Major Ferdinand
E. Marcos "raided" and evacuated to the mountain headquarters of the
14th Infantry, USAFIP, to become the nucleus of the Regimental Hospital
of the said unit; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the said Hospital and its personnel contributed in large
measure to the success of guerilla operations in Nueva Vizcaya,
Isabela, Ifugao and other adjoining provinces;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in recognition of the foregoing facts and wishing to
perpetuate the remembrance of a historical event, the Municipal Council
of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, has unanimously approved a resolution
changing the name of the Bayombong Hospital to Major Ferdinand E.
Marcos Hospital;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is increasing need to extend greater assistance to the
country's war veterans, their offsprings, orphans, widows and other
relatives, including the "bolo-men";chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and
decree to be part of the laws of the land the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Hospital in
the Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby
converted into a veterans regional hospital to be known as the Major
Ferdinand E. Marcos Veterans Regional Hospital, hereinafter referred to
as the Veterans' Hospital.
Section 2. The Veterans' Hospital shall have a
minimum capacity of one hundred beds.
There shall be established Field Hospitals in historic sites where
units or contingents of the USAFIP, NL were established, or other
guerilla outfits bivouacked, or engaged in the resistance movement,
depending on the need therefor and the availability of funds to be
determined by the Secretary of Health or his representative and a
representative of the Board of Directors of the USAFIP, NL, Inc.:
Provided, however, That one Field Hospital shall each be established in
Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya, and in Barrio Panupdupan, Lamut,
Ifugao. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The Field Hospitals shall be directly under the administrative control
and supervision of the Director of the Veteran's Hospital and shall
have at least a twenty-five bed capacity. The staff and employees of
the Field Hospitals shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health upon
recommendation of the Director of the Veterans' Hospital established
herein.
Section 3. The Veteran's Hospital shall continue to
be under the administrative control of the Department Health.
Section 4. The Veterans' Hospital shall be headed by
a Director who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
The members of the staff and other employees shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Health upon recommendation by the Director of the
Veterans' Hospital.
The Field Hospitals shall each be headed by a Chief of Hospital
appointed by the Secretary of Health in accordance with law.
Section 5. The following shall be entitled to free
medical services:cralaw:red
a. USAFIP, NL Veterans;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. "Bolo-men" whose services are duly attested to by
competent officers of any USAFIP, NL unit or contingent; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. Wives of USAFIP, NL Veterans of "bolo-men" or
widows thereof; and
d. Children or orphans of USAFIP, NL Veterans or
"bolo-men" of minor age.
The following shall be entitled to fifty-percent discounts in hospital
fees:cralaw:red
a. Relatives of USAFIP, NL veterans within the fourth
degree of affinity or consanguinity, not entitled to the benefits
provided for under the first paragraph of this Section; and
b. Relatives of "bolo-men" within the same degree as
stated in the preceding sub-paragraph.
Section 6. The local governments concerned shall
contribute their respective shares for the operation and maintenance of
the Veterans' Hospital and its Field Hospitals in accordance with
existing laws.
Section 7. The Veterans' Hospital shall be entitled
to receive financial or any other form of assistance from appropriate
funds of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office, the Veterans' Foundation of the Philippines, the
Philippine Veterans' Administration and other agencies or
instrumentalities.
Section 8. The staff and employees of the Major
Ferdinand E. Marcos Hospital shall be absorbed by the Veterans'
Hospital, subject to existing laws: Provided, That no official or
employee shall suffer a demotion in rank or salary.
Section 9. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment
and facilities owned by the Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Hospital, as well
as all obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to
the Veterans' Hospital.
Section 10. In addition to the amount already
appropriated for the Bayombong Hospital, there is hereby appropriated
the sum of five hundred thousand pesos for the Veterans' Hospital The
sum of one hundred fifty thousand pesos for the two Field Hospitals
herein established is hereby also appropriated. Hereafter such sums as
may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Veterans'
Hospital, the two Field Hospitals established and the other field
hospitals to be established under this Decree shall be included
annually in the General Appropriations Act.
Section 11. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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