Pinabulaanan ng Malacañang ang ulat na aabot sa P150-B ang nalustay na pondo dahil sa ghost dialysis scam.
Ito, ayon kay Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, kung saan sinabi nito na itinaggi rin ni Health sec. Francisco Duque III na lumobo sa bilyun-bilyong piso ang nawala sa PhilHealth.
Dagdag pa ni Panelo, nasa P300-M lamang ang nagastos ng PhilHealth dahil sa ghost dialysis scam.
The president Roy Ferrer explained certain things and also secretary Duque as well as secretary Dominguez, according to secretary Duque, it’s a malicious, baseless article with respect to the amount. Parang, ‘yung, magkano ‘yon, ‘yung hundred fifty billion? Parang nilobo nila ng husto mali daw ‘yung basis, if I’m not mistaken ‘yung 300 million na, parang ganoon. Basta sobrang bloated daw ‘yon,” paliwanag ni Panelo.
Kasabay nito, inamin rin naman ni Panelo na hindi pa rin niya tiyak kung nakapagsumite na ng resignation letter si PhilHealth acting President Roy Ferrer at iba pang board of directors ng PhilHealth.
Samantala, tiniyak rin naman ni Panelo na tatanggapin ng pangulo ang pagbibitiw sa pwesto ng mga matataas na opisyal ng PhilHealth.
Baka ngayon pa lang sila magsa-submit kasi kahapon lang no’ng sinabihan sila. That will be accepted, undoubtedly. He said that he reiterated his trust on the integrity of President PhilHealth Roy Ferrer as well as the members of the board, but he says he needs a clean slate so that the investigation will proceed and influence and he told them that he direct the NBI to have a full scale investigation,” pahayag ni Panelo.