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Lacson Details Overpriced Equipment Inside DOH-Procured Ambulances

Inside the ambulances procured by the Department of Health (DOH) with an overprice of P1 million each are overpriced equipment ranging from automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to mobile phones, dashboard cameras and stretchers.

Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson bared these on Wednesday, even as he reiterated his call to the DOH to use public funds more judiciously.

“These are public funds. I augmented the budget of the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) to comply with the Universal Health Care Law. Somehow I feel guilty when I see overpricing,” Lacson said at the DOH’s 2022 budget hearing.

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Ping, Sinita ang Bilyon-Bilyong ‘Off-Budget’ na Kita na Gov’t Hospitals

Paano nasisikmura ng mga pampublikong ospital na singilin pa ang mga kababayan nating naka-confine doon, samantalang bilyon-bilyon naman ang kanilang “off-budget” na kita nitong mga nakaraang taon?

Ito ang pinuna ni Sen. Ping Lacson nitong Miyerkules sa kanyang interpelasyon sa panukalang badyet ng Department of Health (DOH) para sa 2022.

Giit ni Lacson, kung malaki naman pala ang kinikita nila ay pwede itong pambayad sa mga gastusin sa ospital ng mga mahihirap na pasyente lalo na ang mga nawalan ng hanapbuhay dahil sa pandemya.

Related: Lacson Blasts Gov’t Hospitals’ Humongous Off-Budget Income: Konsensya Issue Ito
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Lacson Blasts Gov’t Hospitals’ Humongous Off-Budget Income: Konsensya Issue Ito

How could government-run hospitals have billions of pesos in off-budget income in the past several years, yet still charge Filipinos who are confined there?

Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson raised this question Wednesday during his interpellation of the Department of Health (DOH)’s proposed budget for 2022.

Lacson stressed the huge amounts could have been used to help defray the expenses of poor patients, especially those who lost their livelihood due to the Covid pandemic.

Related: Ping, Sinita ang Bilyon-Bilyong ‘Off-Budget’ na Kita na Gov’t Hospitals
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Ping: Pagtugon ng Pamahalaan sa Delta Variant Pinalubha ng Korapsyon

Hindi na nga sapat ay lalo pang pinalupaypay ng korapsyon ang pagtugon ng gobyerno sa lumalalang pananalasa ng Delta variant ng COVID-19.

Ito ang nagdadalamhating pahayag ni Senador Panfilo Lacson sa kasalukuyang estado ng mga hakbang ng pamahalaan sa paglaban sa pandemya kasabay ng pagsasalarawan na nakakapanlumo, nakakadismaya at nakakagigil ang mga nalalantad sa imbestigasyon ng Senado sa mga iregularidad sa pagbili ng mga gamit sa paglaban sa COVID-19.

Isiniwalat ni Lacson sa panayam sa kanya ng ANC na kabilang sa mga iregularidad na ito ay ang nabigong pagtatangka ni dating Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service head Christopher Lao para i-reclassify bilang “confidential” sa ilang mga empleyado ng ahensya.

“While the Delta variant is to be blamed, ang ma-blame mo rin government response. We’re not responding accordingly sa prevailing situation. To make matters worse, may corruption involved. Naroon ang problema,” ayon kay Lacson.

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Lacson: Corruption Worsening Government Response to Delta Variant

Corruption is weighing down the government’s already insufficient response to the heightened threat from COVID-19 due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson lamented Thursday.

Lacson described as “disheartening, frustrating and revolting” the signs of corruption that have emerged so far in the Senate’s investigation into irregularities in the procurement of medical supplies to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

These irregularities range from the failed attempt of former Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service head Christopher Lao to reclassify some employees as “confidential” to the Food and Drug Administration’s changing the rules on procurement, Lacson said in an interview on ANC.

“While the Delta variant is to be blamed, ang ma-blame mo rin government response. We’re not responding accordingly sa prevailing situation. To make matters worse, may corruption involved. Naroon ang problema (While the Delta variant is to be blamed for our situation now, government response is not free from blame because we’re not responding accordingly to the prevailing situation. To make matters worse, there is corruption involved. There lies the problem),” he said.

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