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Ted Herbosa ‘cannot feign ignorance’: DOH chief under fire as hundreds of ‘ghost hospitals’ undermine Universal Healthcare

Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa is facing mounting scrutiny over hundreds of non-operational hospitals and billions of pesos in lost funds that threaten the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law. In an interview on DZRH’s Special on Saturday program on October 4, public health expert Dr. Tony Leachon noted that out of 600 hospitals and health centers built in recent years,…

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