{"id":125121,"date":"2017-10-19T22:19:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T02:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=125121"},"modified":"2017-10-19T22:19:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T02:19:40","slug":"doh-denies-alleged-physical-abuses-in-rehab-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/19\/doh-denies-alleged-physical-abuses-in-rehab-center\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH denies alleged physical abuses in rehab center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) spokesperson on Thursday strongly denied allegations that patients, who attempt to escape from the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) in Nueva Ecija, are physically abused.<\/p>\n

“I-<\/em>clarify\u00a0ko po dun sa<\/em>\u00a0allegations\u00a0na may mga<\/em>\u00a0beatings or physical abuse\u00a0na nangyayari sa<\/em>\u00a0Mega DATRC:\u00a0wala pong<\/em>\u00a0beatings\u00a0na nangyayari.<\/em>\u00a0Wala pong<\/em>\u00a0abuse, physical abuse (Let me clarify allegations that there are beatings or physical abuse at the Mega DATRC: No beating occurs there. There is no abuse, physical abuse),” Dr. Corazon Flores said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n

Flores was commenting on a BBC report last Oct. 13, quoting a man who wanted to remain anonymous that \u201csome of the escapees have received beatings while another said they were being punished with solitary confinement\u201d.<\/p>\n

She admitted that while it is true that some patients do attempt to escape during their period of rehab and treatment, the only sanction they receive is isolation.<\/p>\n

“Ang ginagawa po ng<\/em>\u00a0disciplinary committee\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0rehab center\u00a0ay nilalagay po sila sa<\/em>\u00a0isolation area within the community\u2026 So\u00a0may mga nag-a<\/em>-attempt\u00a0po na umalis ng<\/em>\u00a0Mega DATRC\u00a0pero syempre po, dahil meron tayong mga<\/em>\u00a0security guards\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0security facilities,\u00a0namo-<\/em>monitor\u00a0po sila<\/em>\u00a0and of course,\u00a0binibigyan ng karapat-dapat na<\/em>\u00a0disciplinary action (The rehab center\u2019s disciplinary committee puts escapees in an isolation area within the community\u2026 There are those who try to leave the Mega DATRC but since we have security guards in the facility, their attempted escape is monitored and they are given appropriate disciplinary action),” she explained.<\/p>\n

Flores said disciplinary actions are based on how grave the offense was.<\/p>\n

“Kapag may nag<\/em>-attempt\u00a0po na mag<\/em>-escape (If one attempts to escape), we put them in (an) isolation room within the community while processing their sanctions,” she said, adding that among their reasons for escaping are family problems, \u201cmostly financial”.<\/p>\n

Currently, the rehab center in Nueva Ecija houses 494 patients.<\/p>\n

Although confinement is on a voluntary basis or at the request of immediate family members of a patient assessed to be a “severe” drug user, admission to the rehab center requires a court order.<\/p>\n

The rehab center was constructed in Camp Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija through the donation of Chinese billionaire-philanthropist Huang Rulun, in his desire to help President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s campaign to eradicate the country\u2019s drug problem.<\/p>\n

It was inaugurated in November last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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