PhilHealth’s Morales says privacy was not respected with disclosure of his cancer

PhilHealth President and CEO Ricardo Morales has expressed regret that his privacy was supposedly not respected following the disclosure of his medical condition. | CMRamosINQ

But due to Morales’ health condition and his immunocompromised state, PhilHealth said he opted to submit his medical certificate as a requirement in requesting the Senate to allow him to attend the hearing through video conference instead of physically.

A medical certificate submitted to the Senate showed that Morales was “advised to undergo 6 cycles of treatment during which he will be immunocompromised and vulnerable to opportunistic infections.”

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