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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 39 -
DIRECTING THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-GRAFT COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A FORMAL
INVESTIGATION AGAINST LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES (LCP) EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FERNANDO A. MELENDRES, M.D., ORDERING HIS PREVENTIVE
SUSPENSION FOR NINETY (90) DAYS PENDING THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION, AND
AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH TO APPOINT AN INTERIM
OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE LCP Respondent Executive Director Fernando A.
Melendres, M.D., of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) is the
subject of a complaint filed by the members and non-members of the
medical staff of the LCP for procurement of presentation banner without
public bidding comped with falsification of documents; falsification of
documents in the hiring of an architectural consultant; violation of
auditing rules on the drawing of petty cash advances to circumvent the
law on public bidding of infrastructure projects; and unauthorized
implementation of the reorganization plan unapproved by the Board of
Trustees. The fact-finding committee created by the LCP's Board of
Trustees submitted a report finding a prima facie case against
respondent Executive Director Melendres and recommending the filing of
formal charges against him. The said Board of Trustees approved the
finding and recommendation of the fact-finding committee, transmitted
the report and the records of the case to this Office, and further
recommended the placing of Executive Director Melendres under
preventive suspension during the pendency of the investigation against
him. |
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