Vice President Jejomar Binay on Thursday lamented the state of health care in the Philippines, claiming the Aquino administration used funds for public health to bribe its allies.

In a speech during the 83rd Annual National Convention of the Philippine Health Workers Association, the Vice President recalled how the Aquino administration cut back on the budgets of the Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, and Philippine Heart Center by P970.6 million.

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