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Senator Raffy Tulfo interrogates the Department of Health (DOH) over millions of expired medicines allegedly buried underground on Friday, September 4, during the Senate Finance Committee's budget hearing.

Tulfo presented pictures showing stocks of expired medicines being excavated. According to Tulfo, the problem is rooted in the DOH's alleged purchasing practices, wherein medicines nearing their expiration date are allegedly purchased at a lower cost to obtain kickbacks.

Usec. Gloria Balboa did not confirm that the DOH buried the expired medicines and asserted that the recurring expiration of medicines is a 'system problem.' (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/09/04/napaka-eskandaloso-raffy-tulfo-grills-doh-over-hundreds-of-millions-in-expired-medicines

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00:00Ito lang sinabi kanina, time and time again, every year sa budget season tulad nito,
00:05lagi kong tinatanong yung mga gamot na nag-expire.
00:09At ang palaging sinasagot po sa atin, oversight to yun,
00:14and then sinusolido yung gamot at pinapalitan ng bago.
00:20Yun po ay pawang kasinungalingan dahil meron po akong proof na binabaon.
00:26In fact, diyan binabaon palagi sa tala.
00:28Napakita niyo nga, ano, Comsec.
00:31It's a hospital. Anong hospital?
00:36Kandyan, o, binabaon niyang mga gamot by the hundreds of millions.
00:41Ayan, o.
00:43At meron pa nga kayong disposal committee na binoo.
00:45So bakit tayo nagsisinungaling sa taong bayan?
00:49Napakarami mga kababayan nating mahihirap na nakakamatay,
00:54hindi nakakating sa kanilang mga gamot na dapat.
00:56Mga maintenance, antibiotics, etc.
01:00E tapos, ito, binabaon.
01:04Why?
01:05Kasi nga, anong nangyari, bumibili kayo ng pinapaboran na supplier na mag-expire na.
01:14Kaya murang-mura.
01:16And of course, magkakaroon ng kickback.
01:18Pakisagot po muna, DOH,
01:20bakit po kayo, bakit po palagi tayong time and time again,
01:24every single year, walang mintis talaga,
01:27by the hundreds of millions and even billions,
01:30bakit po, bakit, wala ba tayo talagang tamang sistema na,
01:34for so many years,
01:35hindi pa tayo nakabuo, nakaperfect,
01:37ng isang system na hindi tayo pag-expire ng mga gamot
01:41at yan po ay properly distributed sa mga nangangailangan ng mga pasyente,
01:45especially mahihirap.
01:48Mr. Chair,
01:49ang una ko nga pong tinignan ay yung procurement
01:52at ngayon nga po ay yung supply chain.
01:54Kung ano nga po ang pwedeng gawin.
01:57Sakot lang po muna,
01:59bakit po nag-expire at
02:01bakit po kayo nagsinungaling,
02:02hindi po kayo,
02:03not you,
02:04but yung mga kasamahan mo noon.
02:06Bakit po nagsinungaling
02:07at niluoko yung taong ba
02:08at sinabing sinusoli?
02:10Eh, hindi naman pala sinusoli.
02:12Binabaon ang binabaon.
02:13Why?
02:14Dapat po may managot,
02:15dapat po may makulong dyan.
02:21Ang masasagot ko po,
02:23base po sa experience
02:26at na-observe ko po,
02:28ito kasing issue ng expired
02:31sa kayong mga expiry,
02:33eh parang it's a systems one po siya,
02:37problem.
02:38Mag-umpisa ko kasi yan
02:39doon sa planning and forecasting
02:43from our mga program manager
02:45and then doon sa procurement
02:48tapos yung sa supply chain
02:51and delivery.
02:52So, kung ano ho yung ating
02:54bibilhin na mga commodities,
02:56eh,
02:57ang mga program managers po,
02:58nagpa-plano yun.
02:59Meron pong forecasting po yan.
03:01May formula po.
03:02Pero, yung ating ho kasing formula,
03:05eh,
03:06based po yun kung
03:07everything goes on smoothly.
03:09Okay.
03:10So, meron po yan.
03:11And then,
03:11yung ating pong budget preparation po,
03:14di ho ba,
03:14is one year before.
03:16Ayon.
03:17So,
03:17but then,
03:18kung halimbawa,
03:19nagkaroon ng decline sa procurement
03:21or kaya meron mga
03:22nagbibid failure,
03:24hindi nabili.
03:25So,
03:25nasisira na po yung ating
03:27mga naplano po na dapat
03:29bilhin.
03:30Okay.
03:31So,
03:31nagkakapatong-patong minsan
03:33nasa sang taon
03:34na meron yung
03:36na out of stock
03:37kasi hindi nga nabili
03:39yung na-forecast
03:40na kailangan
03:41or kung
03:42doon sa susunod na taon
03:44nabili,
03:45nagpapatong-patong po.
03:46Tapos,
03:47kung hindi rin po
03:48maayos yung ating
03:49inventory system
03:51na hindi po nakikita
03:53yung
03:54kung ano yung actual
03:55na doon sa baba.
03:56Opo.
03:58Ayoko po mapakinggan
03:59kasi parang
04:00pambobola po yun.
04:01Hindi po.
04:02I tell it to the Marines,
04:03ikaw nga,
04:03baka sabihin nyo sa pagong,
04:05napakatagal na po
04:06every year,
04:07hindi nyo pa rin po
04:07ma-perfect yung system.
04:08At saka yung sinasabi nyo,
04:10hindi na po forecast,
04:11hindi na pa plano,
04:11hindi po wrong.
04:13Tinatambak nyo lang po
04:13sa warehouse.
04:15Kasi nga po,
04:16bumibili kayo ng mga gamot
04:17na about to expire.
04:20Sandali lang po,
04:21about to expire
04:22dahil meron kayong
04:23pinapaboran na supplier
04:24at yung mga supplier na yun
04:25nagbibigay po ng kickback.
04:27Tinatambak po
04:28dyan sa warehouse
04:30every year.
04:41tiematik.
04:41Tiematik.
04:41Tiematik.
04:41Tiematik.
04:42Tiematik.

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