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(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice will refile the estafa charges it filed against Wellmed owner Bryan Sy and several others over the ghost dialysis mess, but which were junked by a Quezon City regional trial court. “No harm done,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, “we were actually withdrawing the information filed with the regional trial court (RTC), but were overtaken by the court’s order.” In dismissing the charges for lack of jurisdiction, […]
(Eagle News)–A Quezon City court has dismissed the charges of estafa and others filed against WellMed vice president Bryan Sy and several others in connection with the ghost dialysis mess. In granting the motions to quash also filed by whistleblowers Liezel Aileen de Leon and Edwin Roberto, among others, Judge Janet Abergos-Samar cited the lack of jurisdiction of her sala, Branch 219. She said the crime of estafa through falsification of documents where the defrauded […]
(Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed that the two whistleblowers of the WellMed Dialysis Center who exposed the ghost dialysis claims made by the center, have been admitted provisionally into the Witness Protection Program. The former WellMed employees who were granted provisional admission into the WPP under the Department of Justice (DOJ) are Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon. “They were provisionally admitted into the WPP, good for 90 days,” Guevarra said. […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday, June 14, said scams such as the ghost dialysis involving a PhilHealth-accredited health provider in Quezon City can be avoided if, among others, the Philippine Statistics Authority has an enhanced data-sharing capability. In a statement, Drilon noted there were reports the PSA had refused to confirm whether the patients of WellMed Dialysis Center claiming benefits with PhilHealth had died. “What danger would it pose to the deceased […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed estafa and falsification of documents charges against Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center, over the ghost dialysis mess. Also charged though were former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon, who made the exposé. Other WellMed officials charged were Dr. John Ray Gonzales, medical director; Claro Sy, chairman; Alvin Sy, corporate treasurer; Dick Ong, administration officer; doctors Porshia Natividad and Joemie Soriano; and Sy’s wife […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has asked officials of PhilHealth to submit their courtesy resignation following reports a dialysis center in Quezon City was processing PhilHealth claims of deceased medical patients. This is according to Senator-elect Bong Go. According to Go, covered by the President’s instruction were PhilHealth president Roy Ferrer and board members. Duterte’s instruction came two days after he said he did not doubt Ferrer’s integrity a he was among those who pushed for […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with executives of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. following reports a medical center in Quezon City was processing medical benefits of deceased patients. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the officials were expected to submit a detailed report on the supposed claims by Wellmed Dialysis Center in Novaliches. The meeting was scheduled to take place days after Duterte ordered the arrest of the owners of the medical facility. Wellmed owners […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the filing of criminal charges against those involved in the alleged fraud and corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, particularly fraudulent claims on “ghost” dialysis cases. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that the President had already directed the Philhealth management to “submit a detailed report” on the alleged irregularities. “The President directs the management of the Philhealth to institute criminal actions against those officials and […]
