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+ May 12, 2021
THE Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, issued a statement of support for its two colleagues in Cebu who have been indicted for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide over a complaint filed by the wife of the late Barili mayor Marlon Garcia.
In a statement signed by its officers and members of its Board of Directors, the PCCP said it stands in solidarity with its colleagues who currently face a medical malpractice suit.
The colleagues it is referring to are Chong Hua Hospital Doctors Edelfleda Hernandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Yvonne Bettina Montejo, a pulmonologist, who were doctors of Garcia, a Covid-19 survivor, before he died in September 2020.
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“The fear of vaccines is as old as the vaccines themselves,” said internationally recognized expert Dr. Charles Yu during the press briefing with presidential spokesperson Harry Roque. “But we need to get our act together and do this for the greater good and for the progress of our country,” he added.
Yu, who is currently the Vice Chancellor for Research at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI), explained how vaccines work and its importance in combating various diseases including the COVID-19.
“All vaccines undergo strict criteria,” Yu said.
“In every vaccine that is developed, hundreds are rejected so we are assured that these underwent strict processes which include the regulatory ones,” he added.
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