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Visayas Community Medical Center (VCMC) formerly known as Metro Cebu Commnunity Hospital (MCCH) Vs. Erma Yballe, et al.

VISAYAS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (VCMC), Formerly known as METRO CEBU COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (MCCH), Petitioner, vs. ERMA YBALLE, NELIAANGEL, ELEUTERIA CORTEZ and EVELYN ONG, Respondents.

G.R. No. 196156 | 2014-01-15

SPECIAL FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

VILLARAMA, JR., J.:

The present petition was included in the four consolidated cases previously decided by this Court. 1 However, its reinstatement and separate disposition became necessary due to oversight in the issuance of the order of consolidation.

The Facts

Respondents were hired as staff nurses (Ong and Angel) and midwives (Yballe and Cortez) by petitioner Visayas Community Medical Center (VCMC), formerly the Metro Cebu Community Hospital, Inc. (MCCHI). MCCHI is a non-stock, non-profit corporation which operates the Metro Cebu Community Hospital (MCCH), a tertiary medical institution owned by the United...