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Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) Scandal

What is scandal? according to some dictionary, it means a disgraceful event.
What is disgraceful? It means giving offense to moral sensibilities and injuries to reputation.

Is the January 3 operation activity at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to a 39-year-old homosexual guy considered as a scandal? I do not know!
I felt pity to this guy when he answered questions made during the interview last night
at the Abs-Cbn TV Patrol Cebu.


This is the perfume canister that was stuck in the patient’s anus. (click picture to enlarge)

Naks! i am hoping that those nurses or doctor will be terminated in the said hospital
and will be blacklisted to all hospitals including in the other country.
They do not show their Work Ethics..tsk2x
This must be tackled and soon release an equal JUSTICE!

April 15, 2008 - Posted by | abs-cbn, from internet, happenings, personal |

32 Comments »

  1. i agree! what is even more sad is that the hospital only created a fact finding committee after it was all over the media. they should not aonly be terminated, their licenses should be terminated by the PRC. such a disgrace to our country and the medical profession

    Comment by physical therapist | April 15, 2008 | Reply

  2. Terminate!

    Comment by terminator | April 16, 2008 | Reply

  3. I was totally shock when I knew about this unprofessional acts of Medical students and practitioners. I hope this will be investigated deeply and the those involved will be presecuted according to law. I heard a lot of medical professionals in TV’s radios and even in the internet that for those perpetrators their medical license and insurance ( doctors & nurses ) should be cancelled or revoked for them not be able to practice thier profession even abroad as a consequence of what they did. My question is, If they did this to the person, probably they already did this to other persons who just did not react or complain about it…So, The Fact finding Investigators of our Gov’t, Other Private Medical Institutions ( not Vicente Sotto Hospital )should dig deeper on this anomaly. Concerned Citizen

    Comment by James | April 16, 2008 | Reply

  4. Dapat lang “summary dismissal” sa lahal ng mga medical staff na kasali doon sa operating room. Di sila dapat bigyan ng pagkakataong mamiminsala pa sa buhay ng iba. Kahit pa sabihing tumulong sila sa “physical” eh mental torture and effect doon sa pasyente. Let’s all unit to have all these medical staff terminated at pawalng bisa ang mga licenses nila. Baka problema pa yan at kung sa ibang countries madala nila kahayupan nila.

    Comment by Lee Mendoza | April 16, 2008 | Reply

  5. I pitty the guy for what they did to him. Lets see if these doctors and nurses can show off their privates on u tube. That will be a treat.

    Comment by jograd | April 17, 2008 | Reply

  6. the doctors and medecal staff did not only disgrace the hopital but also their profession. SHAME ON YOU!!!! they should not only be terminated & stripped off their license but also be persecuted!!!! They are different compared to a criminal…

    Comment by OFW | April 17, 2008 | Reply

  7. They confirmed it, as what the TV show Desperate Housewives made a joke about Philippine doctors. In one scene Mayer said, “Can I check those diplomas ‘coz I just want to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.”

    Comment by Sepulcher | April 17, 2008 | Reply

  8. They bring shame to the philippines. Very unprofessional……. Desperate housewives writer was right all along

    Comment by mark | April 17, 2008 | Reply

  9. everyone present during the operation should be fired! the doctor and staff should be stripped off of their licenses!

    Comment by chukri | April 17, 2008 | Reply

  10. mga putang inang mga doktor at nurses na yan. mga walang konsyensya.. putangina!! nag aral ba talaga yung mga yun?? punyeta nuknukan ng kababuyan yang mga tao na yann. kahit sa hayop hindi sila pwede ikumpara… sobrang sakit ng dibdib ko nung nkita ko yan sa news.. grabe ginawa nila sa patient. hindi enough na i revoke lng license nila. kailangan panagutan nila yung trauma na ginawa nila sa pasyente. putangina nila kahit buong kayamanan nilang lahat i reward sa patient hindi enough yon.. dapat ma revoke license nila magbayad sila ng milyong milyong piso at i silya elektrika na sila.. bago i silya elektrika saksakan muna ng bote ng coke 1.5.. tangina.. ganyan ba kasama ugali ng mga pinoy..

    Comment by Kristina de Castro | April 17, 2008 | Reply

  11. To the medical administratos/staff of this hospital,

    Here are excerpts of the oath you swore too, apparently this has no meaning to you. You are the type of medical professionals that bring Shame to this proud profession. You do not deserve to be called Doctors….

    Hippocratic Oath—Modern Version
    I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

    I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
    I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

    If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

    Written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University, and used in many medical schools today.

    Comment by DJ | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  12. how sad.. if nothing is done on this issue, the whole medical profession in the Philippines is in danger zone…

    Comment by batang buotan | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  13. shame on them!!

    Comment by jully | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  14. tsk tsk.. hindi lang terminate.. tanggalin na dapat ang license nila.. inilalagay nila ang pangalan namin (health team) sa kahihiyan..

    Comment by daniel jr | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  15. i’m a nurse too but as far as i’m concerned i think it’s really unfair that patient’s surgery to be shown world wide. i still remember when i was still a nursing student, doctors and nurses are really strict to us.. they don’t even allow us to just have a peek on our cellphones. and as part of being a student we have also broke some rules regarding taking pictures inside the operating room. but we aren’t taking pictures of the patients.. we would just like to take our own photos inside the operating room. i feel sorry for that patient for having a well-known case. i really think that every person regardless of the profession should learn how to respect a person especially when it comes to delicate matter like what that person has..

    Comment by chin | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  16. Kaya pala ganun na lang kababa ang tingin sa atin ng mga banyaga… tapos, nagagalit sila sa writer ng Desperate Housewives?!?!?! I agree, Sepulcher and Mark. Tama nga yung writer ng show!

    Comment by sunshine | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  17. my best friend is a nurse, i really asked her isn’t part of your oath taking to is respect privacy and confidentiality of your patient? isn’t it part of your code of conduct and the ethics of your profession? i don’t really have much idea on the medical profession on what are there rules and what they are oath to be but we all know in every job, profession or whatever company we are into, there is always rules to be followed. And confidentiality and privacy is the most important one for a customer to trust the compay.
    Even if its your personal life your most cared and valued thing is your privacy. I hope they realize how important it is to respect ones individuality and privacy….

    Comment by Jean | April 18, 2008 | Reply

  18. SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU………..DOCTORS, NURSES AND ALL STAFFS INVOLVED IN THIS SCANDAL. HOPE THE PMA AND PRC WILL DO SOMETHING TO TEACH A VERY HARD LESSON TO THIS SO CALLED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. WHAT A DISGRACE TO OUR COUNTRY….

    Comment by mona | April 19, 2008 | Reply

  19. Good Luck to all those medical practitioner! Tell you, guys! I was once a victim of this kind of medical disrespect, awesome (i should say…) attitude of these people who are in medical fileds! It happened at Holy Child Hospital in Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros when i had my kidney operation, although there was no video or picture-taking (i’m not quite sure, if ever there was and/ or none at all) ….my organ has a tatoo which is suppose to be confifidential in all manner! And after.., when i’ve recovered from anesthesia effect, the people that visited me tease and joke at me about my tatoo! they told me that it was the nurse who attended my operation told them about my tatoo! —–that’s ridiculous! Will somebody help me please to run after this nurse to give her a lesson so with this hospital?! Holy Child Hospital, Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros.

    Comment by gar | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  20. Good Luck to all those medical practitioner! Tell you, guys! I was once a victim of this kind of medical disrespect, awesome (i should say… ) attitude of these people who are in medical fileds! It happened at Holy Child Hospital in Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros when i had my kidney operation, although there was no video or picture-taking (i’m not quite sure, if ever there was and/ or none at all) ….my organ has a tatoo which is suppose to be confidential in all manner! And after.., when i’ve recovered from anesthesia effect, the people that visited me tease and joke at me about my tatoo! they told me that it was the nurse who attended my operation told them about my tatoo! —–that’s ridiculous! Will somebody help me please to run after this nurse to give her a lesson so with this hospital?! Holy Child Hospital, Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros.

    Comment by gar | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  21. Good Luck to all those medical practitioner! Tell you, guys! I was once a victim of this kind of medical disrespect, awesome (i should say… ) attitude of these people who are in medical fileds! It happened at Holy Child Hospital in Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros when i had my kidney operation, although there was no video or picture-taking (i’m not quite sure, if ever there was and/ or none at all) ….my organ has a tatoo which is suppose to be confidential in all manner! And after.., when i’ve recovered from anesthesia effect, the people that visited me tease and joke at me about my tatoo! they told me that IT WAS THE NURSE WHO ATTENDED MY OPERATION TOLD THEM ABOUT MY TATOO! —–that’s ridiculous! Will somebody help me please to run after this nurse to give her a lesson so with this hospital?! Holy Child Hospital, Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros.Will somebody help me please to run after this nurse to give her a lesson so with this hospital?! Holy Child Hospital, Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros. To prevent or totally stop this kind of practice by those kind and good medical practitioners from happening again and again! Give them proper ethics! Give them a lesson OR totally remove them from ths scene!

    Comment by gar | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  22. lapses of judgment indeed..

    Comment by batang buotan | April 21, 2008 | Reply

  23. TERMINATE.. NO PARDON..YOU VIOLATE THE CHASTITY OF JANJAN .JUST IMAGINE GUYS, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE? YOU BRING ALSO DISHONOR TO OTHER NURSES WHO WORK HARD AND DEVOTED THEIR PROFESSION.. THESE DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE OUT OF MIND. DISLOCATE THERE BRAINS.
    I REALLY CARE WHAT JAJAN DID BECAUSE THAT IS HI BUSSNESS.. WHAT I CARE GUYS.. DOCTORS AND NURSES VIOLATE THE MEDICAL CODE OF ETHICS…NO RESPECT…

    SOME FILIPINOS SAID,,, I STUDY NURSE BECAUSE OF DOLLARS.. I LIKE GO TO ABDROAD. IS THAT SO?? TO ALL GRADUATING NURSES IN PHILIPPINES MEMORIZED FIRST THE CODE OF ETHICS BEFORE YOU TAKE NURSING BOARD EXAMS.

    I TELL YOU FRANKLY GUYS, ALL NURSES IN EUROPE EXERCISE THE CODE OF ETHICS..WE ARE VERY WEL DISCIPLINE..

    OUR HEAD NURSE HERE WACHT US ALSWAYS HE/SHE OBSERVE OUR ATTITUDE AND CHARACTER.. IF THEIR IS SOMETHING TO BE CORRECTED AND IT IS RIGHT WE ACCEPT THAT…

    Comment by lynn | April 29, 2008 | Reply

  24. this is a disgrace and damaging to all of us filipinos health professionals! these bunch of idiots dishonored decent filipino health professionals around the world. who have work so hard and are devoted to this field of work. i say revoke their licenses and not let those other fools involve to graduate. shame on you! i hope the government should do something about it coz this shameful act has leaked out all over the internet.

    Comment by nurse | May 22, 2008 | Reply

  25. obviously none afore are doctors..maybe all people here are gay.

    Comment by me | June 1, 2008 | Reply

  26. Such a one sided story. I don’t trust solely what media is feeding us. I look at the forest, not the tree. I will await for the verdict from court. I hope you guys will too.

    Comment by dalmacio | June 3, 2008 | Reply

  27. eiwwww…wer is your code of ethic…danm men…no respect!!!!

    Comment by jhen | June 25, 2008 | Reply

  28. ano yung brand ng perfume canister??? pwedeng ilagay yan sa commercial…ayy…nga pla, damn u doctors n nurses!

    Comment by raymond | September 10, 2008 | Reply

  29. very unprofessional.. tsk tsk. makes other people kinda uncomfortable whenever they need to go to hospitals.. be professional.. kakahiya kayo.

    Comment by TriskelionACEE | September 19, 2008 | Reply

  30. human by nature is curious., so its not being unprofessional., hindi nakita yung mukha nang patient,. so wats the big deal??dba?? and if you say that it was immoral., then in the first place immoral na yung ginawa ng homosexual na guy., at isa pa., think of others if they will be terminated., i am entitled of my own opinion., kung ako yun hindi ko na ginawa yun nuh., kung ayaw ko na ganun yung mangyari sa akin., it was a rare case, so wat do you expect., open your mind guys.,

    Comment by monique | September 28, 2008 | Reply

  31. agreed with monique. everything you said is true.

    also that homo got what he deserved as well. the very fact he committed this act is a violation against his own religion. let this be a lesson to him.

    peace out, cool your heads. i’m out~

    Comment by mel | October 9, 2008 | Reply

  32. dont be dumb! im guessing you’re not in the medical field.. they do deserve to get stripped of their licenses and jobs.. naka scrub in tapos hawak ang cellphone at cameras sa OR? yun palang violation na yun.. not to mention the patients right to confidentiality. so disgraceful!

    Comment by vicson | October 19, 2010 | Reply


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