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The Vicente Sotto Scandal, as many have tagged it, is actually about medical malpractice. The video shows a gay named Jan Jan, 39 years of age who had a can of Black Suede inserted in his behind. The patient claimed that his partner in bed forced him to do it. The Vicente Sotto scandal participants (doctors and nurses) are already under investigation, which should only be the case because they have violated one basic human right (i.e., the right to privacy). A human rights violation should not go unpunished in my opinion.
The Vicente Sotto scandal is a testimony of medical malpractice here in the Philippines wherein doctors, nurses and other health workers are not allowed by law and ethics to divulge information about their patients. That is one provision the Patient’s Bill of rights. I did not post the Youtube video of the Vicente Sotto scandal because of its mature nature. You can watch the Youtube video of the Vicente Sotto scandal also known as Black Suede scandal at the Youtube website.
The Vicente Sotto scandal, by the way, happened at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu, Philippines. The hospital administrators are also looking into this since the evidence is clear that the doctors and nurses did something terribly wrong to their patient. I have updated this blog by publishing “Black Suede Video Scandal and the Medical Malpractice Law“. You might as well read that article for you to gain better insight on some of the rights of a Filipino patient and how a medical practitioner (or health worker) can abuse or misuse his functions, hence the term “malpractice”.
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20 Responses so far to "Vicente Sotto Scandal is About Medical Malpractice"
April 18th, 2008 at 4:16 am
correction lang po. hidi po saklaw ang tinutukoy na scandal sa malpractice but rather saklaw po ito ng what we call as unethical behavior, nad a violation of confidentiality. yun lang po.
everything the procedure done were correct (so no malpractice) but doing video without consent of patient is a violation of confidentiality. TY
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April 18th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Unethical behavior in the field of nursing or medicine is categorically a malpractice for you info. Maybe you should check the patient’s Bill of Rights so you can have a better insight on your statement. Any violation of the patient’s rights is called malpractice.
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April 18th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Wag ganun kababaw ang pananaw natin sa term na “malpractice”… Kahit sinong tao na walang pinagaralan eh makikita sa video na merong hindi tama sa “practice” ng mga doctor at nurses. If we are confined with paper and pencils in enforcing our laws and looking at things in medicine, then medical malpractice is simply brushed aside and our health workers can just do anything with us dahil hindi naman pala matatawag na “malpractice” and ilang unethical behaviors gaya ng claim mo sa video. If you were Jan Jan (the patient), won’t you feel violated at ginawa kang parang guinea pig sa operating room? Ano ang tawag mo dun ngayon? Porker ba ok yung medical procedure or operation eh wala nang malpractice dun? Sa tingin ko masyadong mababaw ang pananaw mo sa “medical malpractice” na phrase. I suggest you read more on that subject matter for your own education.
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April 18th, 2008 at 5:40 am
well, read again legal medicine nad jurisprudence, naroon lahat regarding malpractice.
let’s say, a tumor was removed and was videoed, release in internet, malpractice pa rin yun. case to case basis as what’s normal to a may not be normal to b.
generalization is a dangerous thing.
understand the delineation and grey area of such bill.
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April 18th, 2008 at 5:42 am
sige, let’s wait kung malpractice ang filing na kaso
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April 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
well, for me what they did in the black suede scandal is still wrong whether you call it malpractice or not.
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April 19th, 2008 at 7:57 am
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April 19th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Allen,
thanks for your comment. That’s my point. Maybe if they will file a case that is related to medical malpractice against the doctor and nurse, so be it. If the law doesn’t warrant the filing of such case then still the culprits should pay one way or another.
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April 20th, 2008 at 5:15 am
hahay wla jud au nang vicente sotto hosp oi..not only that they dont treat patients well but also the affiliated students.. good thing ra pud that incident happened so it will serve as an example of the hospital staff’s incorrect morals and ethics.
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April 21st, 2008 at 3:20 am
that’s my point too, what they did was wrong but jps, you seem to contradict your own article that such “is malpractice”.
in your article, such is a malpratice ( which i tried to correct) and insist that such was a malpractice, then came your reply to allan and it seems you overlooked the meaning of malpractice and and implied that malpractice may not be filed. if you claim it was malpractice as you made in your article, then stick to your guns, otherwise, you’re all bark.
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:05 am
ots,
masyado ka yatang attached sa topic na to. napansin ko lang kaibigan. for me still this is malpractice. my stand still holds true dahil ang concern ko is on the patient’s welfare. for your info, i’m a nursing researcher, my wife is a nurse and i have two doctor-cousins. pinagusapan na namin to. ang point mo is sobrang babaw. hindi naman ako aso para sabihin mong i’m all bark. maybe you should create you rown forum and place there your points of view, legal and personal. ang reply ko kay allen is somewhat on a personal level. my response to you is somewhat technical. ok let us assume na hindi malpractice ang kaso. let us also assume that you’re right and i was wrong. will that make things any better for other patients who have suffered the same fate at the hands of health workers na hindi tama ang ginawa.
come to think of it, are you looking at the big picture here or you’re just after being right in your claim?
if you are not comfortable in this site, you are welcome to open your own site then try mo kayang i-open din ang topic na to. let’s see how people in the field of caring for the sick would react also.
don’t get too personal. ang pinaguusapan dito eh ang pasyente at hindi ang ego mo o ego ko. kako nga i might be wrong and you could be right. so what? my point is, the culprits get punished for what they did. i’m not contradicting my point and i’m not barking at anyone. you said your piece, i said mine. let the proper forums get to work. ok ba yun? or gagawin nating isyu to between the two of us?
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:18 am
Babygirl,
I’m sorry I don’t understand Bisaya.
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:25 am
Simple lang naman ang meaning ng Malpractice sa dictionary, eto “any improper, negligent practice; misconduct or misuse.”
Meaning, ang sinasaklaw nito ay hindi lang negligence sa part ng doctor or nurse. The word “improper” is also considered malpractice.
Like OTS said, “everything the procedure done were correct (so no malpractice)”, mababaw pala ang pagkakaintindi mo ng malpractice Ots. If you are working in a medical field, then I pity you. Kindly read and understand the meaning before commenting. You don’t know nothing about it. I swear.
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:29 am
By the way, I forgot to ask you. Have you seen the video? Kung nakita mo yung video nang buo I doubt if you will disagree with me like that. Kaming nagba-blog about this topic we either did not upload or remove the video from our sites to protect the patient. If you want to see the video, search the internet for sites which did not remove it. As a friendly suggestion, ask a lawyer to watch it with you as we did in my blogging community.
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April 21st, 2008 at 8:31 am
Gurly,
Very well said. Ganun din ang punto ko sa write-up na to. Even doctors blogging about this topic call this “malpractice”. I know dahil malawak ang network naming mga bloggers. We have “hidden” forums where we discuss issues about social processes and current events (not just about blogging).
Sa medical malpractice, hindi lang legal or technical ang basehan. Meron din moral bases ito. Kako nga sa huling comment ko, let us assume that there is no malpractice (depende sa pagkakaintindi ng husgado sa batas natin) can we just let the doctor and nurses go unpunished. Just an assumption, ok? Pero with the background that we have in the field of Nursing, based on evidence (i.e., the video), there is CLEARLY malpractice. It is, as you said, “improper, negligent…”. Sa case ni Jan Jan, hindi lang improper at negligent ang mga humawak sa kanya. They are also abusive, unethical and unprofessional. And who would want to be handled or treated by health workers like them di ba?
Sa kultura kasi nating mga Pinoy, bound tayo ng paper and pencil. Black and white mentality ang karamihan sa tin. Meaning, pag wla sa papel, hindi bawal. Kung hindi PALA bawal (dahil wala sa papel), then wlang kaso. I think that’s a funny and stupid argument, don’t you think? Ganun kababaw ang maraming Pinoy kanya hanggang ngayon napapabayaan ang mga pasyente sa ospital at hindi ganong naaatensyonan ang kalusugan nating mga pinoy? Bakit? Kasi hindi naman pala malpractice ang babuyin mo ang pasyente mo sa operating room tapos ipagkalat mo ang video. Kahit na di mo ipagkalat ang video, yung pambababoy mo na lang sa pasyente mo, yung pagkutya at pagtawa mo sa case nya eh ewan ko na lang kung hindi pa malpractice na matatawag yun, technically or otherwise.
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April 24th, 2008 at 12:54 am
This is really embarrassing and a disgrace to the health care community! Especially to me - a nursing graduate!
I don’t think the issue here is the “spread of the video” per se it is the act itself of capturing the operation in video AND geering and making fun of the sedated patient.
I believe all people present in that operating room should be sued for malpractice! I mean, no one had the nerve to tell the student taking the video not to take the video? Why pin it on the student?
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April 24th, 2008 at 12:56 am
@Babygirl
dai! pareha gyud ta nga bisaya! ingon ana gyud dagway na basta provincial hospital….altho naa ko sa Dumaguete pero naka affiliate pud ko sa NOPH…..
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April 26th, 2008 at 2:19 am
That’s true. I agree with you 100%.
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May 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Here we are, in the era of watching “HOUSE” “ER” “Grey’s Anatomy” - I am puked at how they reacted. What the heck was that doctor thinking? His act ( spraying it right away) signals everyone to join in the frenzy and that it was okay to laugh at the patient. They were still in a jovial mode siguro kay Jan 2 pa man. Liwas sa New Year.
Giluod ko sa gibuhat nila. Makawala ug respeto.
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May 8th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Chelogurl,
Sinabi mo pa. Talagang nakakawala ng respeto sa mga doctors and nurses ang black suede video scandal na yan.
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