CDC assistant vice president for external affairs Rommel Narciso led the turnover of the hospital beds to Capas municipal administrator Efren de Jesus.
“This will enable the local government unit to provide quality medical service to the growing population of the municipality and its neighboring towns,” De Jesus said.
The hospital is classified by the Department of Health as a Level 1 facility with approved authorized bed capacity of 25.
Capas is a first class highly urbanized municipality in Tarlac and one of the richest in the province. It is now dubbed as the tourism capital of Tar-lac. The 2010 census placed its population at 125, 850.