{"id":199694,"date":"2019-01-28T20:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T01:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199694"},"modified":"2019-01-28T20:57:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T01:57:49","slug":"palace-urges-pao-chief-to-substantiate-serious-charge-vs-doh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/28\/palace-urges-pao-chief-to-substantiate-serious-charge-vs-doh\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace urges PAO chief to substantiate \u2018serious charge\u2019 vs. DOH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo said that while the Palace will keep its hands off on Acosta\u2019s claims, he asked her to file appropriate charges against DOH officials if she finds it necessary. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday urged Public Attorney\u2019s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta to \u201csubstantiate\u201d claims that the Department of Health (DOH) is bribing families of alleged Dengvaxia victims to drop charges against government officials involved in administering the controversial dengue vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a serious charge. She should substantiate that,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo said that while the Palace will keep its hands off on Acosta\u2019s claims, he asked her to file appropriate charges against DOH officials if she finds it necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll leave it to her, to file the appropriate charges if there is such a case,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

He shrugged off Acosta\u2019s claim as \u201cjust an allegation\u201d and maintained that once a case is filed, due process will run its course.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have to wait. That is just an allegation so we cannot just be poking into every allegation of every person or citizen of this country,\u201d said Panelo, also Chief Presidential Legal Counsel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they have evidence against particular public official, then sue them and let due process run its course,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In November 2017, French vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur issued a global advisory, warning of the risks of administering Dengvaxia to persons with no history of dengue.<\/p>\n

Several congressional investigations were held on the role of officials during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, which began administering the vaccine to thousands of children in 2016 until it was suspended.<\/p>\n

While findings from PAO claimed that children who died and underwent forensic examination showed common signs believed to be attributed to Dengvaxia, findings made by the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) expert panels tapped by the DOH showed that only three out of 14 administered with Dengvaxia died but their deaths could not be directly attributed to the vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday urged Public Attorney\u2019s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta to \u201csubstantiate\u201d claims that the Department of Health …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":187138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}