{"id":206381,"date":"2019-03-12T21:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T01:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206381"},"modified":"2025-01-16T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:14:09","slug":"suarez-refutes-lacsons-claim-of-overpriced-ambulances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/12\/suarez-refutes-lacsons-claim-of-overpriced-ambulances\/","title":{"rendered":"Suarez refutes Lacson\u2019s claim of overpriced ambulances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cSo my appeal to Ping (Lacson) is: when you speak, the media will pick it up, and in the eyes of the media and the public, you will make it appear that what you said is true, that the House allocated overpriced ambulances,\u201d Suarez said. (File Photo<\/a>: @ManongDanny\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— House of Representatives Minority Leader Danilo Suarez on Tuesday refuted Senator Panfilo Lacson\u2019s statements over the alleged \u201coverpriced\u201d ambulances allocated to congressmen in the 2019 budget, saying the PHP2.5 million per ambulance might even be below the market price of each vehicle.<\/p>\n

In a press briefing, the Quezon lawmaker referred to media reports that quoted Lacson as allegedly having said that each ambulance may be overpriced by as much as PHP1 million.<\/p>\n

The ambulance purchase is part of the PHP25-million allocation for the Health Facilities and Enhancement Program under the Department of Health.<\/p>\n

The senator noted that if there are 295 congressmen and each ambulance is overpriced by PHP1 million, then there will be PHP295 million in overpriced purchase of ambulance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know where he got that price. The price that he was referring may have been 15 years ago,\u201d Suarez said.<\/p>\n

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He pointed out that the basic price of vehicles currently used as ambulances in the country already runs into about PHP2 million without the necessary medical equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cA complete ambulance with all the medical equipment on board, including a defibrillator for heart attack victims runs from PHP5 million to PHP6 million,\u201d Suarez said.<\/p>\n

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He urged Lacson to be more circumspect in the statements he issues since whatever he says will be surely published by the media, alluding to the special treatment that the senator has been receiving from several media entities.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo my appeal to Ping (Lacson) is: when you speak, the media will pick it up, and in the eyes of the media and the public, you will make it appear that what you said is true, that the House allocated overpriced ambulances,\u201d Suarez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, how can we correct that?\u00a0Ngayon nagsasalita ako: palagay ko Ping nagkamali ka doon<\/em>\u00a0(Now I have spoken: Ping, I think you are wrong). But how many media outlets will pick up my statement today?,\u201d he added, as he appealed to media for balanced reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— House of Representatives Minority Leader Danilo Suarez on Tuesday refuted Senator Panfilo Lacson\u2019s statements over the alleged \u201coverpriced\u201d ambulances …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":206385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jose-cielito-reganit","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206381","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=206381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284584,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206381\/revisions\/284584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}