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AFP chief scrambles to fix 'systemic corruption' in military hospital

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/13/20180529-carlito-galvez-6-jc.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>AFP Chief-of-Staff Carlito Galvez Jr. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday vowed to fix the alleged &quot;systemic corruption&quot; in the military&#x27;s V. Luna hospital in just a month. </p><p>This, after President Rodrigo Duterte fired the top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines - Health Services Command over alleged corruption.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/13/18/fuming-duterte-fires-military-health-officers-over-alleged-corruption">Fuming Duterte fires military health officers over alleged corruption</a></li></ul><p>AFP Chief-of-Staff Carlito Galvez Jr. said the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) found at least 17 questionable transactions, amounting to around P17 million.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1427479" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung report ng ISAFP is very extensive because it also points out to a system and at the same time those people that were really involved. We have to correct. I&#x27;ve given a statement that the Armed Forces of the Philippines will fix this in one month,&quot; he said in a press conference. </p><p>Galvez said a &quot;discreet investigation&quot; by the ISAFP began after they received a complaint from the Office of the President last May on the &quot;ghost deliveries&quot; and irregular deals by hospital officials. </p><p>He said ISAFP, in its initial probe covering only 5 of the 17 transactions, found a systemic corruption where top officials were involved from the start to the end of the purchase process. </p><p>&quot;Kaya sinabi naming systemic, kasi &#x27;yung H4 o &#x27;yung sa logistics, and the management and fiscal officer, silang dalawa lang &#x27;yung from the start up the end. Walang transparency,&quot; he explained. </p><p>Duterte has fired Brig. Gen. Edwin Leo Torrelavega, head of the AFP-HSC, and Col. Antonio Punzalan, commander of the V. Luna hospital, his spokesman Harry Roque earlier said Monday.</p><p>Heads of the health service command&#x27;s management and fiscal office and the logistics office were also ordered relieved over alleged anomalous equipment purchases.</p><p>Harry Roque, quoting Galvez, earlier said an estimated total of 20 officers will be relieved in connection with the controversy at the V. Luna hospital or the AFP Medical Center.</p><p>The AFP chief said he also ordered some of his men to pursue cases against officials involved before the Ombudsman as they continue to probe other dubious transactions. </p>

<p>The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday vowed to fix the alleged 'systemic corruption' in the military's V. Luna hospital in a month. </p>

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday vowed to fix the alleged 'systemic corruption' in the military's V. Luna hospital in a month.