MANILA, Philippines — Gabriela party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is calling for the realignment of a portion of the P1.1-trillion funds under the “Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program for the reconstruction of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) following the blaze that gutted the hospital’s third floor.
Brosas on Monday said the PGH is “financially constrained” to do building and equipment repairs following the fire since “there is zero allocation for such under the 2021 national budget.”
“I propose that we realign a portion of the massive BBB budget towards PGH. We cannot afford to leave it paralyzed, as it is one of the largest COVID-19 referral hospitals,” Brosas said in a st…
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