DOH welcomes probe into alleged program irregularities, 'ghost health centers'

The Manila Times

DOH welcomes probe into alleged program irregularities, 'ghost health centers'  Health Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo tells The Manila Times_ on Oct. 4, 2025 that the department welcomes an investigation into the Department of Health’s Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP) Program and alleged 400  'ghost health centers.' The DOH Issued the statement after Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said his group, Mayors for Good Governance, would investigate the MAIFIP. Congress also questioned the department's so-called 'ghost health centers,' after it was revealed that only 200 out of the 600 built under the health facilities enhancement program (HFEP) were functional.  VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #DOH #Philippines

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00:00She is very happy to be inquired, to be asked, in fact, to be promoted.

00:05Kasi the more na napukuha namin yung matensya ng ating mga kapabayan,

00:09the more na may pagkakataon tayo maipakita.

00:11Tunggit ngayon, itong ating health promotion efforts,

00:14actually malaki ang budget ng health promotion.

00:16So mas malaki siya sa mga yung pinag-uusapan ng ibang budgets.

00:21Yes, malaki yung budget sa HFM.

00:23Yes, malaki yung budget sa MAEFM.

00:25Malaki rin ang budget sa health promotion.

00:27And sana, ang gusto namin is, sige po, magtanong tayo,

00:32pag-uusapan natin, pagkwentuhan natin ang kalusugan,

00:35para hindi laging sakit ang pinag-uusapan.

00:37Pag-uusapan natin yung wellness, natin kung ano bang pwede natin gawin, di ba?

00:42Sa mental health lang, pag nagbukas ka ng syaryo, puro flood control yung nakikita mo.

00:47So, i-shift natin ang gears yung konti.

00:49I'm not saying, don't talk about flood control.

00:51Pero sabihin natin, alam niyo po, kayusin natin ang flood control

00:55kasi pag ang flat control maayos, walang leptospirosis.

00:59Ayusin natin yung mga di umano na ghost project.

01:02Hindi lang, by the way ha, for the record, hindi po ghost haunted.

01:06Bakit haunted?

01:07Kasi yung mga super health centers, nakatayo sila.

01:11Kaso, hindi siya nagagamit.

01:13Imbis na yung super health center, ay naggagawa ng pinasigla

01:16at nagkakaroon ng health promotion campaign the way it was meant to be.

01:19Eh, hindi kasi tinauhuhan ng LGU eh.

01:21Eh, ang LGU ang partners natin sa health promotion.

01:24Yan talagang pinaka-importante para nga maging pinasigla.

01:28So, yes, we welcome all questions about pinasigla.

01:31I mean, about anong way.

01:33In relation to that po, if you remember our interview before po,

01:36we talked about sa LGU then.

01:38Ah, wait, since na-reveal po yun na there are 400 quote-unquote ghost hospitals that you mentioned.

01:44Hindi, let me clarify.

01:46Haunted yung 400.

01:48Meron na-identify na dalawa.

01:50Yung sa Zamboanga, I think yung Mindanao Central Sanitarium yung isa.

01:55I keep on forgetting the name of the other one.

01:57Ano to, mga annex, mga project.

01:59Meron kang hospital doon, meron sigurong building na ginawa.

02:02Tapos, yung firm na pag-aari ng diskaya.

02:05Nasi-secded yung nakadiscoupre.

02:07Sabi kasi, di ba, ang kwento, lumabas yung listahan ni PBBM,

02:11yung 15 na top contractors.

02:13Hindi pala, di ko mo na yun.

02:15Factual yun eh.

02:1615 contractors who got the most of the allocations for flood control.

02:21Nung lumabas pa lang yung listahan na yun,

02:24quietly, ang Secretary Erboso nagsabi na,

02:27mag-case built up na tayo.

02:29Malamang sa malamang ay meron tayong ganyan.

02:30And true enough, as the Secretary of Health himself reported,

02:34sinabi niya sa Mindanao Central Sanitary.

02:38Tapos, nagtaka nga kami.

02:39I think, naka-declare 98% completed.

02:43Di ko mo, no?

02:43Tapos, hindi ako engineer.

02:45Nakita ko lang sa notes to, yung punch list na sinasabi.

02:48Apparently, kapag nagpagawa ka ng istruktura,

02:50kapag may mga parang butas-butas dyan,

02:53may parang listahan,

02:54tapos kailangan komplikuhin mo.

02:55Tapos, may nag-walk away.

02:56Ngayon sinasabi ni Sek, no?

02:58So, siguro hindi siya ghost hospital,

03:00pero ginoast kami nung contractor, di ba?

03:02O, para sa mga Gen Z,

03:04alam na mga Gen Z yan,

03:05iba yung ghosting sa ghost project.

03:07Kami, ginoast kami ng contractor.

03:10Kaya, naging content yung facility.

03:12O, ganyan.

03:13So, yun yung paglilinaw, ha?

03:14So, yun yung paglilinaw.

03:44So, yun yung paglilinaw.

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