The health official says that going around the country and seeing the situation of the health sector herself convinced her to take on the position should it be offered to her.
MANILA, Philippines – After six months of being the officer-in-charge of the Department of Health , Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Tuesday, January 31, that she is now ready to be appointed as the country’s health secretary.
Vergeire told reporters in a mix of English and Filipino, when asked if she would be willing to accept the position. “As all you know, I have a lot of hesitancies because of my career executive position, the tenure of this position,I think this is the appropriate time for me to help the country,” Vergeire said.
“I have been here for almost three decades already, and I am a career official. So, if we have a term, such as the case of a DOH chief, it’s only six years. And by the time I finish the six years, I still have years left to serve. And I want to still serve until I retire,” she said in October 2022.
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