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Dr. Jarcia, Jr. and Dr. Bastan vs. People

DR. EMMANUEL JARCIA, JR. and DR. MARILOU BASTAN, Petitioners vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 187926 | 2012-02-15

THIRD DIVISION

DECISION

MENDOZA, J.:
 
Even early on, patients have consigned their lives to the skill of their doctors. Time and again, it can be said that the most important goal of the medical profession is the preservation of life and health of the people. Corollarily, when a physician departs from his sacred duty and endangers instead the life of his patient, he must be made liable for the resulting injury. This Court, as this case would show, cannot and will not let the act go unpunished.[1]
           
This is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court challenging the August 29, 2008...