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Sonia Villones vs. Employees Compensation Commission, et al.

SONIA VILLONES, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, and the SILAY GENERAL HOSPITAL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-44031 | 1980-02-14

D E C I S I O N


GUERRERO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the respondent Employees Compensation Commission dated October 15, 1975 which affirmed the denial of petitioner's claim for compensation by the respondent Government Service Insurance System on the ground that her illness is not an occupational disease, it having been merely aggravated by the nature of her work as a nurse and, therefore, not compensable under Presidential Decree No. 626.

Petitioner was and still is the only nurse incharge of the emergency room and outpatient department of the Silay General Hospital, Silay City, Philippines, her employment...