RA 5366 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. As defined in this Act, a station hospital shall mean a small hospital of not more than twenty-five-capacity for the management of common medical and maternity cases and surgical emergencies requiring ordinarily a short period of confinement. Cases requiring complicated major surgery and/or elaborate diagnostic examination or specialist treatment may not be confined in this hospital but transferred to regular provincial or regional hospitals.

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CitationRA 5366 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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