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Dr. Filoteo A. Alano Vs. Zenaida Magud-Logmao [Concurring Opinion J. Leonen]

DR. FILOTEO A. ALANO, PETITIONER, VS. ZENAIDA MAGUD-LOGMAO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 175540 | 2014-04-07

CONCURRING OPINION
 
 
“What you leave behind is not
what is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven in the lives of others.”
Pericles


LEONEN, J.:

On February 28, 2014, the Philippines broke the Guinness World Record for the most number of people signing up to be organ donors within an hour on a single site. A total of 3,548 people trooped to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines to pledge their organs as part of the “I’m a Lifeline” campaign of the Philippine Network for Organ Sharing under the Department of Health.[1]

This court is now faced with the opportunity to confront the issues...