SENATOR Juan Edgardo Angara refiled the measure seeking to establish a hospital in every state university and college in the country offering medical degree.

The proposed Healthcare Facility Augmentation Act of Angara mandates each hospital to have a capacity of not less than 50 beds within the grounds of the SUCs.

Based on the measure, graduates of medical degrees in SUCs who availed of government scholarship programs will also be required to render return service in the hospital of the SUC where they obtained their degree.

The SUC hospitals will also serve as training ground for the medical students.

This will cater to the need for hospitals as there are only 6.1 beds for every 10,000 Filipinos on average.

“SUCs, as they are funded by the national government and are deemed the most accessible higher educational institution to the general public, should take up the cudgels of ensuring that their own regions would have enough medical manpower to be ready for existing and emerging health services needs of the country,” Angara said.