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Drilon: DOH should stop using hospitals, labs as 'scapegoats' for its shortcomings
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged the Department of Health (DOH) to stop blaming hospitals and laboratories for its shortcomings in managing COVID-19 cases.
Drilon expressed concern that the DOH has made it a habit to point fingers at laboratories for reporting delays when issues in case validation by the DOH itself might be the real bottleneck.
He questioned the DOH's decision to change its reporting method to distinguish between 'fresh' and 'late' cases, suggesting it could be a way to underreport the actual number of COVID-19 infections.
The senator highlighted that this lack of transparency could be fatal and urged the DOH to be honest and transparent, citing South Korea as a model for its openness in handling the pandemic.
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Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to be transparent in its reporting of COVID-19 cases.
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