At a Senate blue ribbon committee hearing, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday, August 25, overstocking of medicines near their expiration dates has been a mainstay in audit findings of the health department since 2013. He suspects there could be a "well-entrenched mafia" that operated regardless of administration.
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