A congressman says he has received reports that the PhilHealth's Ilocos regional office which recently had a roof leak has been involved in numerous falsification cases
The regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. which recently had a roof leak has a record of multiple falsification cases, a congressman bared Tuesday.
PhilHealth SVP for legal sector Rodolfo del Rosario confirmed the information, but said he has no update on the progress of the cases. Barzaga said the Nazareth General Hospital in Dagupan was among those which had filed a civil case against the PhilHealth office. "Para ma-convict ang falsifier, kinakailangan i-present sa husgado ‘yung falsified document. Ang problema natin, kung 'yung document ay nabasa na at hindi na readable, the case will be dismissed,"[Translation: In order to convict the falsifier, the falsified document must be presented to the court. Our problem is, if the document is not readable anymore, the case will be dismissed.]which the regional office said was brought about by"heavy rains" last August 19.
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