DOH, itinanggi ang pagbili ng remdesivir bilang gamot sa COVID-19

Kinuwestiyon nina Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza at AnaKalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor ang Department of Health (DOH) tungkol sa diumanong pagbili nito ng P1 bilyong halaga ng remdesivir, na mariin namang itinanggi ng ahensya.

Ang remdesivir ay isang investigational drug o gamot na pinag-aaralan kung ito’y nakagagamot ng COVID-19.

Tanong ni Atienza, bakit pa raw bumibili ang DOH ng nasabing gamot gayong hindi raw ito inirerekumenda ng World Health Organization (WHO).

“Gusto kong may makulong diyan…tama na ‘yan, itigil na ‘yang pagnanakaw sa gamot,” ani Atienza.

Sinabi naman ni Defensor, “Under the law, DOH officials may be held liable for a corrupt act if they perform a transaction that is ‘grossly disadvantageous’ to the government.”

Pagtanggi ng DOH

Ayon sa DOH, bagama’t nagplano silang bumili ng nasabing gamot, hindi nila ito ipinagpatuloy.

Idinagdag din ng ahensya na walang certificate of product registration o emergency use authorization para sa remdesivir. Gayunpaman, ilang mga DOH hospitals sa National Capital Region, Central Luzon, at Calabarzon ang kasalukuyang nakakagamit nito sa pamamagitan ng compassionate special permits.

“Ito pong sinasabing pino-procure natin, wala ho tayong ganoon na datos o ginawa ang DOH. We will not do that because we also follow regulatory protocols,” ani DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. 

Pahayag ng DOH, nag-pondo ito ng humigit kumulang P3 milyon hanggang P5 milyon upang matugunan ang pangangailan ng mga awtorisadong pasilidad sa oras na kailanganin ng mga ito ang COVID-19 therapeutics. – Ulat ni Daniel M/CF-jlo

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