| Jan-Jan swears (above) to a supplemental affidavit before an ombudsman graft investigator asking for P6 million damages from VSMMC and the hospital’s medical practitioners who, he alleges, violated his rights to “privacy, confidentiality and dignity as a human being.” Surgery to remove a body spray can from his anus became a circus of sort.(Sun.star photo/Amper Campaña) |
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THE patient of a controversial operation to remove a spray canister from his rectum is seeking P6 million in damages from the medical team and the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC).
Jan-Jan, the patient, is asking P1 million in moral damages and P5 million in exemplary damages. He filed yesterday a supplemental affidavit to his complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas.
The rules governing ombudsman proceedings, however, do not provide for indemnification. Besides, a highly placed anti-graft official said yesterday, the incident is still under fact-finding investigation.
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