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DOH firm against drunk driving

Health Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo tells the Manila Times on Oct. 29, 2025 that the Department of Health (DOH) reaffirms its stance on responsible alcohol consumption, reminding the public that road accidents caused by drunk driving are preventable. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said drunk drivers would be excluded from the DOH's zero-balance billing if they got injured in a road accident due to intoxication.

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Transcript
00:00You mentioned earlier sa responsible driving.
00:03Now, Sec. Herbosa mentioned before na
00:05those who were caught drinking tapos to cause
00:08road accidents will not be covered by the
00:10zero balance billing.
00:12This was met by scrutiny from
00:15public health experts claiming na hindi
00:17dapat daw nagiging korte once they're
00:20at the verge of their life and death.
00:22Any reaction to this? Do we stand by this?
00:24Yung parin yung sinabi namin noon,
00:26inaaral siya, hindi naman siya nangyari.
00:27Ang importante ngayon, huwag tayong uminom
00:29ano man ang dahilan yan, pag uminom ka ng
00:32alcohol, maka-accidente ka, magkakaproblema tayo.
00:35Now, also yesterday po, mayroon mga protest
00:38actions that held po na to call for the
00:40increase of higher alcohol taxes.
00:42Ay, nakita ko sa literato yan.
00:44Yung may mga puntod sa monumento.
00:46Are we also supporting this narrative
00:48considering na they posited po na
00:50it's going to increase health revenue po?
00:54Magandang tanong yan, no?
00:55Kasi laging nakikita pag sinabing
00:57buwis ang iisipin,
00:58ito, magtapatong na naman tayo.
01:01Pero tandaan natin, ito ay buwis
01:03para sa isang bagay na hindi naman lahat
01:05ng Pilipino ay kumukonsumo.
01:07Yan ang tinatawag.
01:08Kaya nga siya tinatawag na
01:09sin tax or excise tax.
01:11Ito ay alak.
01:12Hindi siya parang pagkain,
01:15nakinakain na lahat.
01:16Sa katunayan nga,
01:17hindi nga lahat umiinom talaga.
01:18Maski yung sa matatanda,
01:19hindi rin lahat umiinom.
01:20So, ibig sabihin,
01:22pag pinili mong uminom ka
01:23ng alak,
01:25ibig sabihin,
01:26tinatanggap mo na
01:27anuman ang kasama
01:29dun sa iniinom mo,
01:30pati yung mga masasamang bagay
01:31tulad ng epekto sa atay,
01:33epekto sa pag-iisip,
01:35sa pagmamaneho, etc.
01:37ay sasaluhin ng katawan mo.
01:39Ang health tax,
01:41hindi siya para ikaw
01:42ay pagkakitaan ng pera.
01:44Hindi yun ang pananaw namin.
01:45Ang pananaw namin nun,
01:46ito ay isang paalala
01:47na mas mataas yung presyo,
01:49lalo na sa kabataan.
01:51Dahil pag sa kabataan,
01:52pag nakita mo na
01:53napakamahal naman
01:54ng isang bote ng beer,
01:55napakamahal naman
01:56ng isang bote ng alak,
01:58then sasabihin ng bata,
01:59siguro hindi ko nabibilhin yan,
02:01iba nilang ang bibilhin ko
02:02pagkain nilang nakasama sa baon ko.
02:04Nakitirin naman natin
02:05sa datos na
02:06kahit tinaasan
02:07yung ating mga excise tax
02:10sa tobacco,
02:11sa sigarilyo,
02:13kahit,
02:13in fact,
02:14yung alcohol,
02:14tumaas rin recently.
02:16Bumibili pa rin.
02:17We're not saying
02:17na matigas ang ulo
02:19ng ating mga kababayan,
02:20pero tulad nga
02:21ng sinasabi natin
02:22sa ating sistema ng gobyerno,
02:24yan ay isang
02:25kumbaga pagkakataong
02:26paalalahanan sila,
02:27pero kung pinili nila
02:28ay tataas yung buis,
02:30babayaran nila yun,
02:31at alam nyo kung saan pupunta,
02:32pupunta rin naman ito
02:33sa kalusugan nila.
02:35Pwedeng pangbayad
02:36sa premium
02:37ng PhilHealth,
02:38pwedeng pangbayad
02:39sa zero balance billing
02:40ng DOH,
02:42pwedeng pangbili
02:42ng latest na CT scan
02:44or any other
02:45radiological instrument
02:48na gagamitin.
02:48Bakit radiological?
02:49Kasi magkakakanser na siya.
02:51So parang sasabihin namin,
02:53alam nyo,
02:53sinabi ko namin sa iyo,
02:54huwag kayong uminom,
02:55pero hindi naman namin
02:56kayo pwedeng pigilan.
02:57So maniningin nila lang po
02:58kami ng buis
02:59at ang buis na ito
03:00ay babalik po sa inyo
03:01or sa inyong mga naulila
03:03kapag kayo po ay namatay
03:04dahil sa cancer sa atay
03:05dahil sa sunod-sunod na pag-inom.
03:07Sub indo by broth3rmax
03:37You
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