Admin Charges Recommended vs 3 Doctors
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Admin charges recommended vs. 3 doctors, nurse
CEBU CITY, Philippines-- A committee tasked to investigate the posting on YouTube of an unauthorized video of rectal surgery performed on a patient at the government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City has recommended the filing of administrative charges against three doctors and one nurse in a decision immediately protested by the victim as a cover-up. In its one-page report read out on Friday by the hospital's chief of clinic, Dr. Roque Anthony Paradela, the committee said it found probable cause to file an administrative case against the four for violation of the provisions of Republic Act 6713 or Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees. The hospital formed the fact-finding committee to look into the circumstances behind the video recording of the Jan. 3, 2008 surgery that was later posted on YouTube, a free video-sharing site on the Internet. The committee report did not bear anyone's signature or the hospital's logo. Paradela also refused to identify the doctors and the nurse against whom administrative charges were recommended. The 39-year-old patient from Basak-Pardo village was angry over the results of the investigation and accused the hospital's management of covering up the case by hiding the identities of the doctors and nurses involved, said Basak-Pardo barangay captain David Tumulak. Tumulak said the victim, whose identity was being withheld, planned to file criminal, civil and administrative charges against the doctors and nurses with the Office of the Ombudsman, the Professional Regulatory Commission, the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Health. He said the victim would have forgiven those involved had the hospital management revealed their identities. But Paradela defended the hospital's refusal to identify the people involved. "This is an internal operation and this is not final. And there's an ongoing investigation at the Ombudsman and [the Department of Health] Central Office," he said. The hospital's investigation report said that while the surgical team could have been excited because it was an unusual case resulting in the cheering during the operation, their behavior was excessive and inappropriate. The operation involved the removal of a perfume canister that got stuck in the patient's rectum after what he had described as a drunken sexual encounter with a male partner on New Year's Eve. The committee also recommended the issuance of a stern warning against one doctor and three nurse supervisors, who were advised to be more cautious in their performance of their duties as supervisors. The committee also recommended that the clinical instructor and nurse trainees from a nursing school in Cebu who probably misbehaved inside the emergency operating room 2 during the surgical procedure would no longer be accepted for internship duty at the hospital. It also recommended to the concerned nursing school that disciplinary action be taken on the student who was allegedly responsible for posting the video on YouTube.
When asked why only three doctors and one nurse were recommended for administrative charges when more than 10 people were shown in the video, Paradela said he would rather "refuse to expound." He also refused to specify the specific roles of the four found to be administratively liable. When asked why one doctor and three nurse supervisors were recommended for stern warning only, Paradela said that each had different levels of participation. The other people shown in the background of the video came from within the operating room complex, Paradela said. He said he could not give any answer as to why the others present in the operating room were not among those recommended for sanction.
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Being a professional, first the members of the operation should know that the patient has a right to have privacy. They should not take those videos and photographs. They are not allowed to do it without a permission of the patient. As I ve watched the news about it some says that the license of the nurses and doctors who did the operation should be removed. It is an act of malpractice. Let s just stick to the question What if you are the patient? . Me? If I were the patient I will be pissed off about what they did. They also spread the videos and photographs that s why the patient is so awful. He cannot go anywhere because some people know about what happen to him. He is ashamed of what happened. And if I was the nurse on duty there and I saw somebody taking a video I will remind them that it s not good to do it. They should know that it is an invasion of privacy. Any medical practitioner who performs any act constituting medical malpractice or the illegal practice of surgery shall be punishable by imprisonment or fine or both and, in all instances, the cancellation of the license to practice medicine. The crime of malpractice shall be prosecuted upon the filing of a complaint by any of the patient, parents or legal guardians of the patient grandparents or collateral relatives an officer or social worker of the Department of Social Welfare and Development or of a duly licensed child caring institution, orphanage, home for the aged, mental hospital, or other similar institutions under whose care or custody the patient is committed. Medical malpractice and/or the practice of illegal surgery shall be punished by prison mayor and the cancellation of the license to practice the medical profession and a fine ranging from Five Hundred Thousand Pesos to One Million Pesos in the discretion of the court taking into consideration all attending circumstances. Any other crime committed by reason or on occasion of malpractice shall be considered as a separate offense and the rules on complex crimes shall not apply. In no case shall malpractice be considered as a mere aggravating circumstance when it is committed by reason or on occasion of the commission of another crime.
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Submitted to: Mrs: Louvelle Partosa Submitted by: Maiabelle Malapitan BSN 4A2-8
CEBU CITY, Philippines-- A committee tasked to investigate the posting on YouTube of an unauthorized video of rectal surgery performed on a patient at the government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City has recommended the filing of administrative charges against three doctors and one nurse in a decision immediately protested by the victim as a cover-up. In its one-page report read out on Friday by the hospital's chief of clinic, Dr. Roque Anthony Paradela, the committee said it found probable cause to file an administrative case against the four for violation of the provisions of Republic Act 6713 or Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees. The hospital formed the fact-finding committee to look into the circumstances behind the video recording of the Jan. 3, 2008 surgery that was later posted on YouTube, a free video-sharing site on the Internet. The committee report did not bear anyone's signature or the hospital's logo. Paradela also refused to identify the doctors and the nurse against whom administrative charges were recommended. The 39-year-old patient from Basak-Pardo village was angry over the results of the investigation and accused the hospital's management of covering up the case by hiding the identities of the doctors and nurses involved, said Basak-Pardo barangay captain David Tumulak. Tumulak said the victim, whose identity was being withheld, planned to file criminal, civil and administrative charges against the doctors and nurses with the Office of the Ombudsman, the Professional Regulatory Commission, the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Health. He said the victim would have forgiven those involved had the hospital management revealed their identities. But Paradela defended the hospital's refusal to identify the people involved. "This is an internal operation and this is not final. And there's an ongoing investigation at the Ombudsman and [the Department of Health] Central Office," he said. The hospital's investigation report said that while the surgical team could have been excited because it was an unusual case resulting in the cheering during the operation, their behavior was excessive and inappropriate. The operation involved the removal of a perfume canister that got stuck in the patient's rectum after what he had described as a drunken sexual encounter with a male partner on New Year's Eve. The committee also recommended the issuance of a stern warning against one doctor and three nurse supervisors, who were advised to be more cautious in their performance of their duties as supervisors. The committee also recommended that the clinical instructor and nurse trainees from a nursing school in Cebu who probably misbehaved inside the emergency operating room 2 during the surgical procedure would no longer be accepted for internship duty at the hospital. It also recommended to the concerned nursing school that disciplinary action be taken on the student who was allegedly responsible for posting the video on YouTube.
When asked why only three doctors and one nurse were recommended for administrative charges when more than 10 people were shown in the video, Paradela said he would rather "refuse to expound." He also refused to specify the specific roles of the four found to be administratively liable. When asked why one doctor and three nurse supervisors were recommended for stern warning only, Paradela said that each had different levels of participation. The other people shown in the background of the video came from within the operating room complex, Paradela said. He said he could not give any answer as to why the others present in the operating room were not among those recommended for sanction.
Reaction:
Being a professional, first the members of the operation should know that the patient has a right to have privacy. They should not take those videos and photographs. They are not allowed to do it without a permission of the patient. As I ve watched the news about it some says that the license of the nurses and doctors who did the operation should be removed. It is an act of malpractice. Let s just stick to the question What if you are the patient? . Me? If I were the patient I will be pissed off about what they did. They also spread the videos and photographs that s why the patient is so awful. He cannot go anywhere because some people know about what happen to him. He is ashamed of what happened. And if I was the nurse on duty there and I saw somebody taking a video I will remind them that it s not good to do it. They should know that it is an invasion of privacy. Any medical practitioner who performs any act constituting medical malpractice or the illegal practice of surgery shall be punishable by imprisonment or fine or both and, in all instances, the cancellation of the license to practice medicine. The crime of malpractice shall be prosecuted upon the filing of a complaint by any of the patient, parents or legal guardians of the patient grandparents or collateral relatives an officer or social worker of the Department of Social Welfare and Development or of a duly licensed child caring institution, orphanage, home for the aged, mental hospital, or other similar institutions under whose care or custody the patient is committed. Medical malpractice and/or the practice of illegal surgery shall be punished by prison mayor and the cancellation of the license to practice the medical profession and a fine ranging from Five Hundred Thousand Pesos to One Million Pesos in the discretion of the court taking into consideration all attending circumstances. Any other crime committed by reason or on occasion of malpractice shall be considered as a separate offense and the rules on complex crimes shall not apply. In no case shall malpractice be considered as a mere aggravating circumstance when it is committed by reason or on occasion of the commission of another crime.
Homework in
Professional Adjustment
(An article about malpractice)
Submitted to: Mrs: Louvelle Partosa Submitted by: Maiabelle Malapitan BSN 4A2-8
