MANILA, Oct. 16 -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said it is investigating why the Antipolo Super Health Center remained non-operational for more than a year despite being fully completed in 2024 and receiving complete funding and equipment support from the agency.

In a Facebook post, the DOH disclosed that the Antipolo City Government had requested and received a total of around PHP11.4 million in funding for the project, divided into two phases - PHP6.4 million for Phase 1 completed in October 2023, and PHP4.9 million for Phase 2 completed in July 2024.

Apart from construction funding, the DOH also delivered PHP7 million worth of medical equipment to the local government in 2022 and 2023 to help make the facility operation...