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N.Rodriguez vs. Employees Compensation Comm. Etal.

NICETAS C. RODRIGUEZ, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (BUREAU OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION), respondents.

G.R. No. 46454 | 1989-09-28

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Petitioner's late husband, Hector P. Rodriguez, was a public school teacher assigned at Salaan Elementary School in Mangaldan, Pangasinan. On November 19, 1975 he went on sick leave and was confined at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital after complaining of severe stomach pains accompanied by nausea and vomiting, later diagnosed as "Intestinal Lipomatosis of the Large Colon with Obstruction of the Ascending Colon." His ailment called for a surgical operation which was performed on November 27, 1975 but this proved unavailing. A few days thereafter, on December 2, 1975, he expired.

On January 28, 1976,...