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Senate hears anti-indigent policies of hospitals: Sen. Bong Go (left), chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, takes up on Monday the Strengthened Anti-Hospital Detention bill authored by Sen. Risa Hontiveros (right). The proposed measure seeks to impose stiffer penalties against hospitals and clinics that detain patients and cadavers for non-payment of hospital bills. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/ 14 October 2019)