Showing posts with label rights of Filipino patients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rights of Filipino patients. Show all posts

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Filipino Patient's Rights


All of us at one time in our lives will experience some sort of illness and become patients. But, does every patient know their rights?  Beginning in 2010 hospitals in the country were required by the Department of Health (DoH) and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) to post these rights prominently around their premises, particularly in the emergency room, clinics and wards.  However, there is no uniform standard on patient rights and each hospital can come out with it's own or adopt the existing standard set by the DoH.