P570M allotted for drug rehab infra

The Department of Health is spending P570 million “to construct, upgrade, expand and repair” 16 public drug treatment and rehabilitation centers (TRCs) across the country in support of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said over the weekend.

“The fresh funding will be spent entirely to build the infrastructure of government-run residential TRCs, to enable them to accommodate a larger number of users,” Pimentel, a member of the House appropriations committee, said.