MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo admitted being lost for words to comfort grieving families who lost a loved one just because the systems set up by the government are failing the people.
Robredo said in her personal Facebook account that she has seen “heartbreak after heartbreak” from people whose relatives have succumbed to ailments — both COVID-19 related and not — because the hospitals are way past their operating capacities.
“It has been heartbreak after heartbreak of people dying without having been given a fighting chance because of a system that is failing us,” she said in her post on Sunday.
“This is not the first time it happened in the recent pas…
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