Health chief urged: Prescribe accountability
'The Senate hearings have confirmed what the Commission on Audit has been flagging for years — massive wastage of medicines worth billions of pesos.'
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Dr. Edwin Mercado
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Floods raise leptospirosis risk; DOH puts hospitals on alert
Health Secretary Edwin Mercado inspected San Lazaro Hospital as the DOH prepared hospitals, medicines and diagnostic tests for a possible leptospirosis surge…
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Commercialized healthcare feared
The Alliance of Health Workers welcomed Dr. Edwin Mercado’s appointment as Health secretary but raised concerns over his private-sector background and the…
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Palace to Mercado: You know the drill
President Marcos swears in Dr. Edwin Mercado as Health secretary and Dr. Beverly Lorraine Ho as PhilHealth president and CEO in separate ceremonies at…
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