ILOILO City – Where’s the property transfer receipt of the more than 17,000 vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) given to hospitals here?
“Waay kami kakita kag kabalo,” stressed Iloilo City COVID Team spokesperson Jeck Conlu.
He was reacting to the discrepancy in the vaccine records of the city government and the Department of Health (DOH).
“Wala kami kabalo kon pila ginhatag sa mga hospitals. Ang mga hospitals wala man ga-report sa COVID Team kon pila ginbakunahan nila,” said Conlu.
He said the city government only accounted for all the vaccines that they officially received, with the property transfer receipt.
Conlu acknowledged that the city government’s Local Vaccine Operation Center (LVOC) is the one overseeing the vaccinations, but the vaccines themselves do not pass through it.
“Sang una may ara ginahambal si RD (Regional Director Emilia Monicimpo of the DOH) nga memo nga sila mahatag sa city, sila ma-distribute. Of course i-acknowledge namon ang na-receive lang sang city,” Conlu said.
Mayor Jerry Treñas earlier sent a letter to Monicimpo demanding an explanation on what he said was a discrepancy in the number of COVID vaccines promised to the actual number received by the city government.
According to the mayor, since March this year, the city received a total of 66,544 doses of vaccines. However, a report by the DOH-6 dated June 20, 2021, stated that the city was given 84,224.
Conlu insisted: “Kon naghambal sila amo ‘na ang total ginhatag, ang official ‘na da ‘ya ang imo property transfer receipt nga ginbaton. Ti indi man kami nagbaton sina, that’s why paano namon mabal-an.”
He stressed that it is fine if the vaccines were directly given to the hospitals, so long as a property transfer receipt was issued to officially confirm it.
“Tani gin-notify ang city government through official receipt nga ‘sige amo ‘ni hu may 17,000 vaccines, amo ‘ni ang tagtaganay sa kada hospitals, i-receive sang city kay sa inyo nakapangalan,’” Conlu added.
He also said city hospitals should give an accounting report of all their vaccines.
“Amo ‘na nga nangayo kami sa ila kay wala kami kabalo kon pila. Kay ti siempre indi man kami ka-acknowledge officially kay dapat ara ‘na sa property transfer receipt,” Conlu said.
In another statement, Treñas said the city should make a report to affirm that they had not received the additional vaccines and are not accountable for them.
“I am not interested who got the vaccine shots for the 17,000 doses. I just want to clarify that the city has never received that and should not be made to account for them,” the city mayor said./PN
