MANILA, Philippines — The Aquino administration will not totally privatize government hospitals in the country but will only implement partial privatization as part of government reform, Malacanang said yesterday (April 7). Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda cited the case of the Philippine Orthopedic Center wherein the reforms for the hospital were approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). It is a public-partnership project (PPP) under a build, operate, and transfer (BOT) scheme, he said, […]