DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 6 TO 12 OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL HOSPITAL WEEK

WHEREAS, hospitals play an important role in
promoting, safeguarding and preserving the health of the people;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to arouse deeper interest
in hospitals; to establish and maintain community and individual confidence in
said institutions; and to promote better cooperation among national,
provincial, city, municipal and other organized bodies in the efficient
maintenance and operation of hospitals;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, do hereby
declare the period from May 6 to 12 of every year as National Hospital Week and
enjoin the celebration thereof with appropriate ceremonies.

This supersedes Proclamation No. 224, series of
1929.

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 first day of
April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary

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