By: Maria Laarni Mallari
Pampanga Representative
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a bill creating a charter for Veterans Memorial
Medical Center (VMMC), on October 6.
The said bill will give VMMC
the “power to own real and personal properties and
creation of a governing body that will direct the accomplishment of its mission
as defined and delineated by its charter.”
"The VMMC
is unlike the Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center, Kidney Center, Philippine
General Hospital and the Philippine Children's Medical Center which have their
own charters. These medical institutions’ use and services are not free,"
Arroyo said in a press release.
Under the bill,
to be known as the "The Veterans Memorial Medical Center Charter of
2012," VMMC shall have its own be led by Chief Executive Officer, to be
appointed by the President, and shall have a six-year term.
House Bill 6502,
also states that all donations to the hospital and the hospital itself, shall
be exempted from taxes or any other charges imposed by the government.
"Recognizing
the invaluable sacrifices and services of veterans and military retirees, the
VMMC is primarily committed to serve the Filipino war veterans as defined in
Republic Act 6948 entitled an 'Act Standardizing and Upgrading the Benefits for
Military Veterans and their Dependents,'" Arroyo added.
VMMC is a
tertiary hospital that has served the country for 53 years. Its mission is to
provide “quality hospitalization, medical care
and treatment to Filipino veterans” and military retirees.
It can be
remembered that Arroyo stayed in VMMC under a hospital arrest.
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