Dr. Benigno “Iggy” Agbayani, head of
Concerned Doctors and Citizens of the Philippines, who was also present during the drug’s free distribution last week, made this claim in a televised interview with CNN Philippines on April 30.
“I also forgot to write ‘ivermectin’ and the reason for that sa dami po ng reseta na nabigay ko, akala ko nalagay ko na yung ivermectin,” Agbayani said.
Called “Ivermectin pan-three,” Deputy Speaker
Rodante Marcoleta (Sagip party-list) and Rep.
Michael Defensor (Anakalusugan party-list) distributed unregistered doses to residents of a barangay in Quezon City last Thursday, April 29.
Doctors were reportedly present during the activity to provide prescriptions to recipients despite earlier warnings issued by health authorities against the drug in the context of COVID-19.
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Metro Mania (CNN Philippines, April 30) For staunch ivermectin advocate and Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, prescriptions that were written on a blank paper during the recent distribution of the antiparasitic drug to residents in Quezon City counts as a non-issue. It’s a non-issue, Defensor told CNN Philippines
The Source on Friday. It’s a non-issue because you only have four doctors, you have four tables.
Alam mo naman yung signature nila (you could easily identify their signatures).
Defensor, Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, and some physicians from the Concerned Doctors and Citizen of the Philippines led the distribution of ivermectin to residents of Barangay Old Balara on Thursday
By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published April 30, 2021 10:05am The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must investigate reports of “token” prescription during the distribution of ivermectin in Quezon City, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday. Duque was reacting to reports that doctors who joined Representatives Rodante Marcoleta and Mike Defensor’s distribution of ivermectin wrote their prescriptions on a piece of paper and not on a prescription pad. “Kung totoo man yon na nakalagay sa isang tissue or bond paper lang, so part of what the FDA needs to do is investigate such reports. The accountability is clear it is the doctor who prescribed it who will answer for his action,” Duque said in an ANC interview.
April 30, 2021
Who should be held responsible in case people who receive the anti-parasite drug ivermectin distributed for free in Quezon City have an adverse effect?
For Dr. Maricar Limpin, vice president of the Philippine College of Physicians, doctors, legislators and even the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should be held accountable in case people get sick because of Ivermectin especially if it is given without a proper prescription.
“Sino ang hahabulin ng tao kung magkakaroon ng problema? I think kung pumapayag ang FDA, then they should also be held accountable kasi pinayagan nila. Definitely, ‘yung dalawang congressman who are involved here kasi sila ang nag initiate together with the doctors who are there, they should be held accountable for whatever problems na maaaring mangyari because of that particular activity,” she said in interview with TeleRadyo.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 30) A former adviser to the government s pandemic task force raised concern over moves that appear to exploit allegedly Filipinos lack of education on ivermectin use, in the absence of studies that prove its safety and efficacy against COVID-19.
Speaking to CNN Philippines
The Source on Friday, Dr. Tony Leachon, a health reform advocate and former adviser to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), shared his sentiments on the distribution of the antiparasitic drug to some residents this week in Quezon City. Ang problema natin dito huwag naman masamain we might be exploiting the lack of education and ignorance of the people on the (use of this particular drug), Leachon said.