Batas Pambansa Blg. 438 (BP 438) — An Act Establishing Ten-Bed Municipal Hospital in the Municipality of Maitum, Province of South Cotabato, to Be Known as Maitum Municipal Hospital, and Appropriating Funds Therefor.
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SECTION 1. There shall be established under the direct supervision of the Office of the Minister, Ministry of wealth a ten-bed municipal hospital in the Municipality of Maitum Province of South Cotabato, to be known as Maitum Municipal Hospital.
SEC. 2. The amount necessary for the construction and operation 'of the hospital not to exceed seven hundred fifty thousand pesos shall be funded out of the appropriations authorized by Batas Pambansa Blg. 230 for the Ministry of Health intended for new or expanded hospitals. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 10, 1983.
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