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Almaiz vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission

NENITA ALMAIZ, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital), respondents.

G.R. No. L-42794 | 1978-08-31

D E C I S I O N

GUERRERO, J:

Petition for review 1 of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in W. C. Case No. 403 which reversed the award of disability benefits granted by Acting Referee Rodolfo L. Legaspi of Sub-Regional Office No. VII, Bacolod City, in favor of petitioner Nenita Almaiz.

The issue in this appeal is whether or not the illness diagnosed as Myoma Uteri which necessitated a surgical operation known as panhysterectomy, resulting in the removal of the uterus, both ovaries and tubes and ultimately depriving the patient of her reproductive system, is a permanent total disability compensable under Act. No....