THE Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament is seeking to upgrade Buluan District Hospital from Level 1 with 75-bed capacity into Level 11 with a 200-bed capacity. Buluan District Hospital is one of the eight government hospitals in the province of Maguindanao. Established as a 25-bed capacity emergency hospital in 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree 503, the hospital caters to the residents of the municipalities of Buluan, Datu Paglas, Pandag, Mangudadatu, General Salipada K. Pendatun, and the neighboring towns of North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat Province. In his sponsorship speech, principal author Khadafeh Mangudadatu said although the hospital has been catering an equivalent to a hundred-bed capacity through the years, it remains understaffed and equivalent to a 25-bed capacity. ASANGAN T. MADALE