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Netizens Lambast Grace Poe For Questioning DOH’s Budget For Frontliners PPE Fighting COVID

Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, March 31, questioned the Department of Health’s (DOH) purchase of expensive personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers fighting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Senator Poe raised an eyebrow over the DOH’s announcement on Monday that it has acquired one million sets of PPE at ₱1.8 billion, for delivery to public and private health hospitals that are treating COVID-19 patients.

In her statement, the senator noted that the PPE sets procured by the DOH amount to ₱1,800 each when these cost only from ₱400 to ₱1,000 in the market.

Opting for a cheaper price but of the same quality would have only cost about ₱400 million to ₱1 billion, generating at least ₱800 million in savings, Senator Poe added.


According to Health Secretary Francisco Duque, the DOH has ₱225 million remaining to buy more PPEs.

“Confronting an extraordinary public health crisis requires a prompt response but in doing so, let us not forget the need for the judicious use of fund releases,” Senator Poe said.

“We are thankful that the much-needed equipment in battling this epidemic have been coming in, but this should be distributed to our health frontliners as soon as possible,” she added.

The lady senator also urged the DOH to ease the “bureaucratic bottleneck and red tape” in its distribution of PPE donations and other critical medical devices, amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

“Every peso that we save can be used for other programs of the government so that we can give assistance to our countrymen who badly need help, like financial aid and food to eat every day,” Senator Poe said.

“But like the President said, this is not a time to take advantage, that’s why we appeal to the DOH to prioritize, if possible, its coordination with local manufacturers so we could acquire more affordable PPE,” she added.

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Meanwhile, netizens on social media are not very happy on Senator Poe’s questioning the DOH in buying the expensive PPEs for our hero frontliners since they risk their lives for the sake of the Filipino people in COVID-19 crisis.


Source: Facebook
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