MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon turned the tables on Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday as he pointed out that the Committee on Health and Demographics, which Go chairs, “sat” for 15 months on the local hospital bills that they had been debating on last week before finally reporting them out to the plenary.
Drilon pointed this out during Tuesday’s plenary session to refute Go’s insinuation that he had been deliberately delaying the passage of the bills, which seek to establish, renationalize, or enhance through increased bed capacity, among others, local hospitals in various parts of the country.
Citing Senate records, Drilon said the bills…
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