(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has junked the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines’ petition against a law that imposes increased penalties on medical institutions and personnel who make payments a prerequisite for administering basic emergency care and allowing confinement. In dismissing the petition against Republic Act No. 10932, or the Act Strengthening the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law, the SC focused on procedural issues, noting also what it said were the “hypothetical scenarios” presented in the petition in the first […]
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President Duterte signs anti-Hospital Deposit Law
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill increasing the penalties for the refusal of hospitals and clinics to administer appropriate initial medical treatment in emergency or serious cases. Republic Act No. 10932, otherwise known as the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law provides that “in emergency or serious cases, it shall be unlawful for any hospital or medical clinic to request, solicit, demand or accept any deposit or any other form of advance payment as […]





