Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the alleged refusal of hospitals to administer immediate medical treatment to non-Covid-19 patients
While we recognise the current overstretched capacity of hospitals to provide critical care as we are in the middle of a national health emergency, the deaths of patients due to alleged outright refusal of hospitals cannot be justified. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) calls out incidences where medical facilities in different parts of the […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the passage of the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law
09 August 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the passage of the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) lauds the passage of the Republic Act No. 10932, otherwise known as the “Anti-Hospital Deposit Law,” especially in its intent to increase the penalties for the refusal of hospitals […]