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Cervantes, Manjares, etc. vs. H.E. Benigno Simeon Aquino III

DAISY JOY ROJALLO CERVANTES, BASILIO DAYSON MANJARES, JAY-R MEDINILLA LADUB, ARMANDO MAMARIN DE GUZMAN, INDIGENT PATIENTS AT THE PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC CENTER (POC), SEAN HERBERT VELCHEZ, RN, DANTE A. PEREZ, RICARDO ANTONIO, MINNELIE I. CAGARA, RN, AND VALENTIN ABALOS ARCIAGA OF THE NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL WORKERS' UNION-ALLIANCE OF HEALTH WORKERS (NOHWU-AHW); FRESCO BASCARA YAPENDON, MD, AMELIA MANGAY MAGLACAS, RN, JOSSEL I. EBESATE, RN, OF THE ALLIANCE OF HEALTH WORKERS; CECILIA M. LAURENTE, RN, OF THE NETWORK OPPOSED TO PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES (NOP); ELEANOR A. JARA, MD, OF THE COUNCIL FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, DARBY E. SANTIAGO, MD, OF THE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY; EDELINA P. DELA PAZ, MD, OF THE PEOPLE'S HEALTH MOVEMENT; JOSEPH P. CARABEO, MD, OF THE COMMUNITY MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS AND ADVOCATES ASSOCIATION (COMPASS); REGINALD PAMUGAS, MD, OF THE HEALTH ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (HAHR); ELEANOR M. NOLASCO, RN, OF THE NARS NG BAYAN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES' ASSOCIATION; SATURNINO C. OCAMPO, OF THE MAKABAYAN; JOAN MAY E. SALVADOR, OF THE GABRIELA ALLIANCE OF WOMEN; GLORIA ARELLANO, OF THE KALIPUNAN NG DAMAYAN NG MAHIHIRAP (KADAMAY); ELMER LABOG, OF THE KILUSANG MAYO UNO; BAYAN MUNA REP. NERI JAVIER COLMENARES AND REP. ISAGANI CARLOS ZARATE, AND KABATAN PARTYLIST REP. TERRY RIDON, PETITIONERS, VS. H.E. BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III, CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; HON. TEODORO J. HERBOSA, UNDERSECRETARY, DOH HEAD, MPOC-PBAC; COSETTE C. CANILAO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CENTER; JAN IRISH P. VILLEGAS, PROJECT MANAGER, MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC CENTER; ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, DIRECTOR GENERAL AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; CESAR V. PURISIMA, CHAIR OF THE NEDA-INVESTMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (ICC); AND CONSORTIUM OF MEGAWIDE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION AND WORLD CITI MEDICAL CENTER, REPRESENTED BY MANUEL LOUIE B. FERRER, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 210805 | 2021-05-11

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HERNANDO, J.:
 
This special civil action for Certiorari and Prohibition[1] with Application for the Issuance of a Writ of Preliminary Injunction and/or Temporary Restraining Order seeks to annul and set aside the proposed privatization or commercialization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) and the subsequent award of the Modernization of the POC Project (MPOC Project) to private respondents. It further seeks to permanently prohibit and restrain public respondents from implementing the said modernization project.
 
The petitioners in this case are patients and employees of the...