A medical officer of the Department of Health (DOH) has filed a grievance earlier than the Office of the Ombudsman towards a few of the company’s officers over the alleged mismanagement of funds for most cancers sufferers.
In his grievance, Dr. Clarito Cairo Jr. accused DOH Undersecretary Beverly Lorraine Ho, former Director IV Anna Guerrero, Director IV Razel Nikka Hao, Director IV Anthony Cu, and docs Kim Tejano and Jan Aura Laurelle Llevado of grave misconduct, malversation of public funds, and violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
According to Cairo, the sub-allotment of funds for the Cancer and Supportive-Palliative Medicines Access Program (CSPMAP) to chose entry websites was extremely disadvantageous to the federal government and a disservice to many CSPMAP-enrolled sufferers.
Cairo mentioned that regardless of his intervention, the respondents pursued the sub-allotment of P781 million to solely 19 entry websites as an alternative of 31.
He mentioned the respondents allegedly conspired to undermine his technical experience and institutional reminiscence, which led to the “mismanagement” of the price range.
“The Philippine General Hospital, Rizal Medical Center, and Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center which catered to a lot of cancer patients since 2011 had been unreasonably excluded from the list of access sites this 2022,” the grievance learn.
“Thus, many of their CSPMAP-enrolled patients had to discontinue or abandon their treatment due to the unavailability of the life-saving medicine,” it added.
The DOH mentioned that though it has but to see the grievance, it acted in the perfect curiosity of most cancers sufferers nationwide who’re reliant on the company’s most cancers program.
“All the processes undertaken by the DOH, through the cancer program, were unanimously approved by the National Integrated Cancer Control Council,” the DOH mentioned.
“And other DOH hospitals alleged to have been excluded from receiving funds were actually provided cancer medicines and cancer assistance funds, which can be used for diagnostics, treatment, and other needed support of cancer patients,” it added.
Cairo additionally urged the Ombudsman to difficulty preventive suspension orders towards the respondents. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
