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Borromeo vs. Family Care Hospital

CARLOS BORROMEO, PETITIONER, VS. FAMILY CARE HOSPITAL, INC. AND RAMON S. INSO, M.D., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 191018 | 2016-01-25

DECISION
 
BRION, J.:
 
Carlos Borromeo lost his wife Lillian when she died after undergoing a routine appendectomy. The hospital and the attending surgeon submit that Lillian bled to death due to a rare, life-threatening condition that prevented her blood from clotting normally. Carlos believes, however, that the hospital and the surgeon were simply negligent in the care of his late wife.

On January 22, 2010, the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R CV No. 89096[1] dismissed Carlos' complaint and thus reversed the April 10, 2007 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Civil Case No. 2000-603-MK[2]which found the...