HB 8551

House·20th Congress·Filed Mar 16, 2026

An Act Renationalizing and Upgrading the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital in Dumaguete City, Province of Negros Oriental, Placing It Under the Department of Health (DOH), Converting It into a Five Hundred (500)-Bed Capacity Level III Hospital to Be Known as the Negros Oriental Medical Center, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

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The bill would transfer the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital to national control, rename it the Negros Oriental Medical Center, double its beds to 500, and upgrade it to a Level III hospital.

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