By TARA YAP
ILOILO CITY — The Western Visayas regional office of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-6) has started its probe on the alleged conduct of a fake test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Iloilo.
NBI-6 Agent Aris Bañares said the Western Visayas Medical Center-Sub-National Laboratory (WVMC-SNL), the laboratory managed by the Department of Health (DoH-6) in Iloilo City, recently uncovered the scheme after an employee from the Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) in Dingle town found out that the COVID-19 test result was fake when trying to validate it with the hospital.
The alleged COVID-19 test result had the signatures of Arriane Sibal, Abigail Joy Pastolero, Andres Miranda, and Pierre Layson. But the four signatories are not even employees of the hospital.
The NBI-6 has summoned the ISCOF-Dingle employee to explain the circumstance of getting a swab test for COVID-19 that apparently turned out to be fake.
Bañares noted that if the ISCOF-Dingle employee cannot fully explain the circumstance, the person may face a case of falsifying documents and for using the names of the DoH and WVMC-SNL.
