SEC. 3. Purposes and objectives.—The purposes and objectives of the Lungsod ng Kabataan are:
To construct, establish, operate and maintain
facilities for the children's welfare, including a specialized hospital
for children;
To promote, encourage and engage in scientific research on the
prevention of pediatric diseases and the care and/or treatment of
pediatric patients and related activities, including sponsorship and
conduct of relevant congresses, conventions, seminars, and conferences;
To stimulate and/or underwrite scientific researches on
biological, demographic, social, economic, eugenic, physiological
aspects of pediatric disorders and abnormalities and their control; and
gather, compile, and publish the findings of such researches for public
dissemination;
To facilitate and encourage the dissemination and exchange of
ideas and information on the prevention, treatment and control of
pediatric diseases; to arouse, enhance and develop public interest in
children, general health and physical fitness, especially on the
promotion of health and rehabilitation, and other relevant or related
fields;
o encourage and/or undertake the training of physicians,
nurses, medical technicians, health officers and social workers on the
practical and scientific conduct and implementation of pediatric
services;
To assist universities, hospitals and research institutions in
their studies of congenital and acquired anomalies, to encourage
advanced training on matters of, or affecting the child, and related
fields and to support educational programs of value to general health;
To encourage the formation of other organizations on the
national, provincial, city, municipal or barangay level and to
coordinate their various efforts and activities for the purpose of
achieving a more effective approach to the common problem relative to
the objectives herein enumerated; and
To extend pediatric services to the general public, to help
prevent, relieve or alleviate the afflictions and maladies of children
and youth specially the poor and less fortunate in life, without regard
to race, creed, color or political belief.
