{"id":230556,"date":"2019-09-11T21:02:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T01:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=230556"},"modified":"2025-01-17T21:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T02:05:39","slug":"duterte-eyes-escort-for-ambulances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/11\/duterte-eyes-escort-for-ambulances\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte eyes escort for ambulances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the oath-taking ceremony of the officers of the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps, Presidential Photojournalists Association, and Malaca\u00f1ang Cameramen Association at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 10, 2019. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— To ensure that patients requiring emergency care reach hospitals on time, President Rodrigo Duterte is considering having ambulances escorted by transport authorities and police to breeze through traffic in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe, maybe I will ask all\u00a0itong — lahat na —<\/em>\u00a0Metro Manila, Highway Patrol (Group).\u00a0\u2018Pag may<\/em>\u00a0emergency,\u00a0huwag lang \u2018yang<\/em>\u00a0emergency\u00a0na nagmamadali ito<\/em>\u00a0(When there\u2019s an emergency, not just an emergency that involves a person being in a hurry to get to work),\u201d Duterte said in a media interview after the oath-taking rites of Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Duterte made this remark in response to a report from the Agence France-Presse, which bared that the worsening traffic in Metro Manila is causing patients to die en route.<\/p>\n

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He said he would also want authorities from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (HPG) to \u201cpull\u201d ambulances through traffic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHilain nila. Itabi nila para makalusot<\/em>\u00a0(They could pull. They could set them aside so that they could pass through). And maybe that would be a mandatory work for them,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourse\u00a0ko kay<\/em>\u00a0Danny Lim and\u00a0itong hagad sa pulis.<\/em>\u00a0Must — must\u00a0hila<\/em>. Duty-bound to\u00a0hila<\/em>\u00a0(I will course it through MMDA Chairman Danny Lim and thse police. They must pull. They will be duty bound to pull),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He, however, warned that those who abuse the use of escorts for cases that are not considered as medical emergencies will be arrested.<\/p>\n

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\u201cItong minsan \u2018yung iba nagsasakay ng ano, maski walang<\/em>\u00a0emergency\u00a0nagsa<\/em>-siren.\u00a0Ah \u2018pag ganun, huli talaga<\/em>\u00a0(Sometimes, some get a ride even if there\u2019s no emergency and use sirens. In cases like that, they\u2019ll be caught),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Before suggesting authorities to escort ambulances to hospitals, Duterte joked about having to answer to the traffic problem in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Yan ang walang sagot,<\/em>\u00a0ma\u2019am.\u00a0Kung may<\/em>\u00a0helicopter\u00a0siguro, angklahan mo tapos\u2026<\/em>(That\u2019s something we have no answer to. Perhaps if there\u2019s a helicopter),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo suggested the use of choppers to transport emergency patients to hospitals.<\/p>\n

Despite worsening traffic, Duterte said he would not beg for Congress to grant him emergency powers.<\/p>\n

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The House of Representatives has passed the emergency powers for the President bill in the committee level while Senate has been uncertain about passing a measure due to fears of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cAko, hindi ako naghingi. Sabi ko lang bahala sila kung mga Tuga — si<\/em>\u00a0Tugade was one (Me, I won\u2019t ask. I said it\u2019s up to them. Transport Secretary Tugade was the one),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte recalled how a lady senator he did not name raised the possibility that emergency powers may be abused and decided that since Congress doubted his administration, he would no longer ask for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya sabi ko — nakikinig ako. Sabi ko, \u2018Sabihin mo sa kanila huwag na lang\u2019<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s why I said–I\u2019m listening. I said, \u201cTell them, never mind\u2019), he added.<\/p>\n

He also admitted that he could not clear EDSA before he steps down in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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