(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 […]
