DIGOS CITY — Davao Occidental officials welcomed the approval on the third reading of Senate Bill 1616, which calls for the establishment of the first tertiary hospital in the province and providing for a P900 million regular budget for its operation each year.
Davao Occidental Rep. Lorna Bautista-Bandigan, who authored House Bill 7321, the counterpart bill in the Lower House, said the approval would greatly boost the state of public health in the province as people no longer had to travel two or three hours away to Davao City to bring their sick to the hospital.
She said both Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairperson of the Senate’s health committee and Senate Minor…
Keep on reading: Davao Occidental execs welcome Senate’s OK of bill creating tertiary hospital