MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Christopher Go has sponsored several bills seeking to upgrade various government hospitals in the country, according to a statement he issued on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the government realize the importance of improving public health facilities, especially in the provinces where such facilities are inadequate, Go said in his sponsorship on Monday on the resumption of the regular session of the Senate.
“In my rounds in various parts of the country, I saw for myself our shortage in hospital beds and equipment,” he said in Filipino. “Sometimes patients are laid out on hospital corridors. Our countrymen are in a pitiable situation.”
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