Board condemns buried medicines
IT was the turn of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to condemn the burying of medicines inside the Capitol Complex.
After the provincial legislators were briefed on the progress of investigation on the matter being conducted by a Provincial Investigation Task Force, the board lambasted the past administration not only for denying indigents of access to medicines but for risking the environment as well.
Board Member Jeremy Rosario, chairman of the SP Committee on Health, said: “I strongly condemn the illegal and inconsiderate dumping and burying of expired and near-expiring medications and medical supplies which was recently discovered in our own backyard (Provincial Capitol Compound).”
He said the buried medicines were deemed “primary medicines needed by patients especially the poorest of the poor” and the buried expired medicines are now “hazardous wastes that could be a threat to our environment especially to our water supply.”
Provincial Health Office officer-in-charge Jackson Soriano, one the invited resource speakers, said the proper way to dispose of expired medicines is to bury these inside hospital compound or in a controlled dump facility.
Meanwhile, Paterno Orduna, head of the task force, said that they have started collating documented pieces of evidence and are tracing records to establish the source, the manner of acquisition and the funding of the buried medicines.
Board Member Angel Baniqued, the majority floor leader, said that it is the sentiment of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to see the guilty parties punished. –LM
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