Former Philippine Health Secretary Janette Garin testifies at the Philippine Senate probe on the controversial anti-Dengue vaccine Dengvaxia which was administered to more than 830,000 school children and adults in the Government's Dengue immunization program Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. The controversial vaccine, manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur and which was administered to more than 830,000 scholl children and adults, was put on hold by the Philippines after new study findings showed it posed risks of severe cases in people without previous infection.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Motion to Quash ni dating DOH Sec. Garin ibinasura ng Sandiganbayan

January 12, 2024
BNFM Makati

Ibinasura ng Sandiganbayan ang motion to quash ni dating Department of Health Sec. Janette Garin kaugnay sa kaso nito sa Dengvaxia vaccine.

Ganito rin ang naging deisyon ng Sandiganbayan sa mga kasamang akusado ni Garin na sina DOH Undersecretaries Gerardo Bayugo and Kenneth Hartigan-Go, dating DOH Officer-in-Charge Director Maria Joyce Ducusin, at dating Philippine Children’s Medical Center Executive Director Julius Lecciones.

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Sinasabing nagsabwatan umano ang mga akusado para ilegal na mailipat ang P3.5 bilyong pondo ng gobyerno sa pagbili ng dengvaxia vaccines.

Naghain na ng pyansa ang mga akusado at itinanggi ang mga aligasyon.