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CEBU CITY – A prominent political clan in Cebu province has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors for the deaths of two of its members after they recovered from COVID-19.
The Garcia family, led by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, asked the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday (December 15) to hold the two doctors responsible for the deaths of their two brothers.
The INVESTIGATOR chose not to name the doctors until they respond to the allegations.
At a press conference on Wednesday (December 16), Garcia said they took advantage of the experience of American physician Ravi Durvasula to back up the clan’s claim. Durvasula issued a “judicial affidavit” in support of Garcia’s claim.
He supported the family’s claim that the two Garcias died due to:
- “Lack of compliance with standard care and procedure.”
- “Use of highly questionable and unnecessary tests and treatments”
- “Exaggerated or unfounded laboratory results”
Other members of the clan also issued affidavits to support the claim.
The Garcias said they will also file a separate case against the same doctors in Nelson’s death. The clan would also sue for damages against Chong Hua Hospital and some of its officers for fraud over PhilHealth’s “fraudulent” claims following the deaths of Marlon and Nelson.
In a statement, Chong Hua Hospital denied any irregularities or deficiencies in the treatment of the two Garcias or any COVID-19 patient.
“Our treatment protocols comply with the internationally accepted and revised guidelines of the global medical community,” he said.
The hospital said it will respond to the Garcia family’s allegations one by one as soon as it receives a copy of the complaint.
The Garcias said Nelson and Marlon tested positive for SARS Cov2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and that they had been cleared of the virus when they died on Sept. 1 and Sept. 6.
According to his death certificates, Marlon died of “septic shock due to a catheter-related bloodstream infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia,” while Nelson died of “cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to a probable massive pulmonary embolism.”
One of the clan members, Winston, said that Chong Hua’s accreditation had been suspended for 130,000 members of a cooperative in Cebu.
“We ask you to avoid Chong Hua Hospital like the plague,” Winston said.
Gov. Garcia said she believed her two brothers would be alive if they had not been treated at the hospital.
“We hope that other Cebuanos do not die unnecessarily due to this very obvious medical negligence, criminal negligence,” Gwen said.
“Such negligence was motivated by criminal greed. We are very clear about the personalities involved, ”he said.
Gwen said one of her brothers also got sick and stayed home and survived. The other two went to Chong Hua Hospital and died.
“If that’s not warning enough, I don’t know what else.”
Representative Pablo John García, another member of the clan, said the family sought the support of a US-based doctor for their case because it was difficult to get one of the local doctors, as they “immediately support their fellow doctors , whether they are right or wrong. “
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