(3.2) Second Level Referral Hospital (a) Departmentalized hospitals which provide clinical care and management on the prevalent diseases in the locality as well as particular forms of treatment, surgical procedure and intensive care; (b) Clinical services as provided in the first Level referral hospital as well as specialty clinical care; (c) Provision for appropriate administrative and ancillary services (clinical laboratory, radiology, pharmacy); and (d) Nursing care as provided in the first level referral hospital as well as total and intensive care. (3.3) Third Level Referral Hospital (a) Teaching and training hospitals which provide clinical care and management on the prevalent diseases in the locality as well as specialized and sub specialized forms of treatment, surgical and intensive care; (b) Clinical service s provided in the second level referral hospital as well as sub specialty clinical care; (c) Provision for appropriate administrative and ancillary services (clinical laboratory, radiology, pharmacy); (d) Nursing care as well as continuous and highly specialized care; (e) Infirmaries are health facilities which provide emergency treatment and limited care (confinement of not less than 24 hours but not 72 hours) for the sick and injured, as well as clinical care and management of normal delivery cases; (f) Birthing homes are health facilities which provide consultative medical nursing on prenatal and post natal normal and spontaneous delivery and care of newborn babies; and (g) Psychiatric care facilities are health facilities which provide consultative medical nursing pharmacology and psychosocial treatment for mentallychallenged patients. SEC. 17. Hospital General Services. - All hospitals shall provide among others services such as: (1) Emergency Care Services which shall be managed by a competent personnel with adequate equipment to attend to critical patients 24 hours; (2) Admission Care Services which shall be responsible for admitting and providing initial care in hospital whenever appropriate; 104

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