The Quezon City Council has passed an ordinance authorizing the construction of four drug testing laboratories in Quezon City.
Under Ordinance No. SP 2537, Series of 2016 approved by Mayor Herbert Bautista, the laboratories will be put up at the Quezon City General Hospital, Novaliches District Hospital, QC Health Department, and the Quezon City Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, also known as Tahanan.
Principally authored by Councilor Gian Carlo Sotto, the ordinance also allocates funds for the operation of these facilities beginning this year. QCGH will be provided P4.64 million; Tahanan with P2.89 million, and the Novaliches District Hospital, with P1.58 million.
To date, Quezon City’s campaign of promoting a drug-free workplace program in all city government offices and the barangays calls for authorized drug testing among city hall officials and employees and the barangays as well, to eliminate the hazards of drug abuse in the workplace.