Senator Bong Go to hospitals, testing laboratories, and healthcare providers: “Dapat silang sumunod at parusahan kapag hindi sila sumunod.”
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday warned hospitals, testing laboratories, and healthcare providers of sanctions if they failed to comply with COVID-19 testing price cap.
This, as Senator Go issued a stern warning to all healthcare providers, testing laboratories, and hospitals to comply with the price range for COVID-19 testing and test kits
According to the senator, they should follow the rules or face sanctions as this wasn’t the time to take advantage of the public. He also said that they shouldn’t make business out of every Filipino’s health.
Senator Bong Go was the chairperson of the Senate Health and Demography Committee.
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President Rodrigo Duterte approve last November 4, 2020, the Executive Order No. 118, series of 2020, directing the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to formulate, determine, and impose a just and equitable price range for COVID-19 testing and test kits.
In addition, the DOH and DTI were also directed to monitor and review the market supply and prices of COVID-19 tests and to issue appropriate price control measures and adjustments if necessary as well.
Senator Go warned unscrupulous business entities against taking advantage of the crisis in order to raise the prices of COVID-19 testing services.
Moreover, Senator Go encouraged the government to ensure the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine, reiterating President Duterte’s commitment to prioritize poor and vulnerable sectors once the vaccine was available.
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