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| Krizle Grace Mago was forced to confirm the practice after it was barred by a Senate witness who is an employee at the firm's warehouse. (Photo from Philstar) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., the Duterte administration's favored pandemic supplier admitted to the Senate blue ribbon committee on Friday that it sold expired and substandard face shields to the government meant for doctors and healthcare workers, PhilStar reported. Pharmally executive Krizle Grace Mago was forced to confirm the practice after it was barred by a Senate witness who is an employee at the firm's warehouse.
Asked by blue ribbon chairman Richard Gordon if the firm was swindling the government by doing this, Mago replied: "Yes, I believe so." The witness, whose voice and face was distorted for security reasons, said Pharmally instructed warehouse workers to replace the certificates of face shields dated 2020 with new certificates dated 2021. He claimed this practice was still running when he was hired in August until September of this year, adding that no face shields were thrown out regardless of their condition.
“Even if the face shields were dented, the boxes were dented, even though they were dirtied, ma'am would still tell us to repack them… even if they are yellowed, even if they are wet," he said in Filipino in a recorded video presented by Sen. Risa Hontiveros. He said Mago was the boss he was referring to. A copy of a document certifying his employment signed by Pharmally corporate secretary.
