BORROMEO VS. FAMILY CARE HOSPITAL

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BORROMEO VS. FAMILY CARE HOSPITAL

Borromeo vs. Family Care Hospital and Dr. Inso

G. R. 191018 Jan. 25, 2016

Facts:

Borromeo brought his wife to the family care hospital because of acute pain at the lower stomach area and fever for 2 days, he was admitted in said hospital and placed under the care of Dr. Inso. Dr. Inso conducted the surgery and by then he confirmed his hypothesis that Lillian has an acute appendicitis. The operation was successfully done however after 16 hours, Lilian was returned to her room where she starts to become restless and dropped her blood pressure, she was not even responded to blood transfusion hence the tube connected to oxygen tank was inserted by dr. Inso into Lilian and order her to put into in an Intensive care unit. Though being a secondary hospital, it does not. Have. An ICU, dr. Inso arranged with other hospital with ICU and transfer there Lilian. Unfortunately, Lilian passed away there despite of trying to resuscitate her.

In his autopsy report, Dr. Reyes concluded that Lilian died due to hemorrhage and concluded that the internal bleeding was caused by .5 x .5 cm opening in the repair site. Further, he opined that it could be avoided if the site was repaired with double suturing instead of the single continuing suture repair that he found. Hence the petitioner filed a complaint against family care hospital and Dr. Inso for. Medical malpractice basing it to the autopsy report made by Reyes and pursue the case with having Reyes as the witness.

RTC ruled in favor of the petitioner, believing in the theory of Dr. Reyes on the. 5x. 5cm. And applied the doctrine of res ipsa loquitor. And ordered the respondents to pay for damages, death indemnity, moral and exemplary, loss of earning payment, atty.’s fees, cost of suit.

When the respondents appealed, CA reversed. Hence this petition for certiorari of Carlos Boromeo

ISSUE:


Whether respondents are guilty of medical malpractice and that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitor can be applied in the case.

Held:

No. The basic legal principle that equally applies to both civil and criminal cases that whoever alleges the fact has the burden of proof. Petitioner’s failure to present expert witnesses resulted in his failure to prove petitioners' negligence.

During the investigation Reyes found to be not an expert in the subject matter having no training residency in pathology nor in surgery after he passed the medical board exam.
On the other hand, the respondent shows as a witnesses Dr. Ramos.

Dr. Ramos graduated from the Far Eastern University, Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, in 1975. He took up his post-graduate internship at the Quezon Memorial Hospital in Lucena City, before taking the board exams. After obtaining his professional license, he underwent residency training in pathology at the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Center from 1977 to 1980. He passed the examination in Anatomic, Clinical, and Physical Pathology in 1980 and was inducted in 1981. He also took the examination in anatomic pathology in 1981 and was inducted in 1982. At the time of his testimony, Dr. Ramos is a practicing pathologist with over 20 years of experience. He is an associate professor at the Department of Surgery of the Fatima Medical Center, the Manila Central University, and the Perpetual Help Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the Philippine College of Surgeons, a Diplomate of the Philippine Board of Surgery, and a Fellow of the Philippine Society of General Surgeons. He also headed the Perpetual Help General Hospital Pathology department as well as the Batangas general hospital.

Being an expert in the subject matter, the testimony of Dr. Ramos carry greater than od Dr. Reyes. Dr. Ramos discredited Dr. Reyes' theory that the 0.5 x 0.5 cm opening at the repair site caused Lilian's internal bleeding. According to Dr. Ramos, appendicle vessels measure only 0.1 to 0.15 cm, a claim that was not refuted by the petitioner. If the 0.5 x 0.5 cm opening had caused Lilian's hemorrhage, she would not have survived for over 16 hours; she would have died immediately, within 20 to 30 minutes, after surgery.

Dr. Ramos submitted that the cause of Lilian's death was hemorrhage due to DIC, a blood disorder that leads to the failure of the blood to clot; Dr. Ramos considered the abundant petechial hemorrhage in the myocardia sections and the hemorrhagic right lung; the multiple bleeding points indicate that Lilian was afflicted with DIC.

The court denies the petition for lack of merit.

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