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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1231, February 6, 1974 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 23 TO JUNE 19, 1974 FOR A MEMBERSHIP AND FUND CAMPAIGN FOR THE DR. JOSE P. RIZAL NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE NEW PAHRA RESETTLEMENT COMMUNITY IN DASMARINAS, CAVITE.

WHEREAS, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, our national hero, who showed due concern for the general well-being and medical care of the less fortunate during his confinement in Dapitan, Zamboanga, is one of the historically recorded pioneers in the field of public welfare, sanitation and medicine;

WHEREAS, Dr. Jose P. Rizal as a medical practitioner and a devoted professional, demonstrated medical aid and assistance for the helpless and indigent;

WHEREAS, this historical fact has been translated into a civic organization called the Dr. Jose Rizal Foundation, which has a correspondent Foundation in the United States that is primarily supported by U. S. resident Filipino physicians, and has extended assistance in the form of medical supplies and equipment to rural charity clinics for almost a decade;

WHEREAS, cognizant of the dire medical needs of the relocated residents as the PAHRA Resettlement Community in Dasmariñas, Cavite, the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Memorial Foundation with the assistance of the U. S. Resident Filipino physicians and local medical practitioners, plans to construct a Dr. Jose P. Rizal National Medical Center which will serve as the nucleus and national headquarters for community medical research, preventive medicine and sanitation projects in line with the medicare program of the Administration;

WHEREAS, the proposed medical center will provide an opportunity to all medical practitioners’ visit in the Balikbayan program of the Administration to know the equipment and facilities required by the Center and provide the venue for demonstration of the latest medical techniques and services among the needy of the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from February 23 to June 19, 1974 for a Membership and Fund Campaign for the construction and establishment of the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Medical Center;

All members of the private and government entities, instrumentalities and organizations, including the local, provincial and national governments, business and industrial and civic organizations, are hereby enjoined to give full support and assistance to this medical project.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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