A MANILA Congressman lashed back at what he described as ‘mga nagmamarunong na vloggers at trolls’ whom he said have no right to mock Mayor Honey Lacuna’s being a dermatologist, stressing that during the pandemic, it was Lacuna who handled the health cluster which made the city’s handling of COVID cases and vaccination system highly systematic and effective.
Manila 2nd District Congressman Rolan Valeriano, in defending the lady mayor, said there is nothing to mock because being a doctor is not an easy feat and is almost every other parent’s most common, biggest dream for his child, just like being a lawyer.
Valeriano said that Lacuna began serving as a doctor in the city of Manila way back in 1992 and had been a licensed doctor for over 30 years now.
The mayor, he added, is a general practitioner in the field of public health, having served at the Ospital ng Maynila, Manila Health Department, City Social Welfare Department and health centers in Tondo and Bacood.
“Kaya kayong mga bayarang vloggers diyan sa gedli-geldi, tabi-tabi, sulok-sulok at ilalim ng lupa, kumonsulta na kayo sa dermatologist dahil baka may kumapit na palang sakit sa makapal ninyong balat kasi di tinatablan ng kahihiyan,” said Valeriano.
He added: “O kaya magtakip na lang siguro kayo ng bayong sa ulo para itago ang inyong mukha. Kayo ang mga modernong MAKAPILI na binabayaran upang manira ng taong puro para sa kabutihan ng mga Manileño ang misyon sa buhay niya. Iskonian vloggers, mahiya kayo sa balat niyo!”
As a doctor who had specialized in dermatology, Valeriano said that Lacuna studied for three extra years and had to pass the dermatology board exam before becoming a full-fledged dermatologist.
“Malawak ang sakop ng dermatology. Hindi lang ito tungkol sa ‘gluta’ o pagpapaganda. Ang dermatology ay tungkol sa lahat ng may kinalaman sa balat, buhok at kuko ng tao. Nariyan na ang mga skin rash, infection, sugat, pasa, bukol at mga communicable diseases na ang paraan ng pagkahawa ay sa skin-to-skin contact,” the Congressman said.
Valeriano, who is House Chairman of the Committee on Metro-Manila Development and member of the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, said those taunting a doctor must examine themselves, as to what degree they have finished and what they have reached in life.
