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Our Lady vs. Spouses Capanzana

OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES ROMEO AND REGINA CAPANZANA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 189218 | 2017-03-22

D E C I S I O N
 
SERENO, C.J.:
 
We resolve the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the Decision[2] and Resolution[3] rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA), Second Division, in CA-G.R. CV No. 89030.
 
THE ANTECEDENT FACTS

Regina Capanzana (Regina), a 40-year-old nurse and clinical instructor pregnant with her third child, was scheduled for her third caesarean section (C-section) on 2 January 1998. However, a week earlier, on 26 December 1997, she went into active labor and was brought to petitioner hospital for an emergency C-section. She first underwent a pre-operative physical examination by Dr....