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00:00 A complaint was filed against a private hospital in Valenzuela.
00:05 Their son, who is not paid by the bill, refused to be allowed to leave the hospital.
00:10 Witness, Jonathan Andal.
00:13 Three days ago, a private hospital in Valenzuela City refused to let Richelle leave the hospital.
00:21 After her husband, who is a patient of the hospital, died.
00:24 Her husband allowed her to go home, but she did not allow him to go home.
00:29 Because of the hospital bill that is not paid, which is more than half a million pesos.
00:33 My husband is outside, he is in a burrow.
00:36 Then I am in the hospital, so I can't help.
00:43 I am thinking about what I will do.
00:46 Even if she just bought food outside, it is prohibited.
00:49 She is always in the waiting area of the ICU where she is being watched by the guard.
00:54 When she reached the gate of the hospital, Richelle ran away.
00:59 She was still weak and weak until a while ago.
01:01 So she had to go out in the middle of the press conference with the Valenzuelan officials.
01:06 I told her, "She died yesterday or the day before.
01:09 She should be treated. She should be punished for the payment.
01:12 Don't punish the dead. That's how you have no mercy."
01:15 She asked for money before she was admitted to the emergency room.
01:20 That is a violation of Republic Act 10932 or the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law.
01:26 The brother of John and Loverie was also arrested in the same hospital.
01:30 They allowed my husband's vehicle to go out, but my brother was left behind.
01:36 Because they wanted me to settle that day.
01:39 Loverie was stopped by the guard when she was about to go out of the hospital to buy food.
01:43 She was taken to the office of the safety officer.
01:46 She was not released from the hospital for four hours because her bill was not yet paid, which exceeded P700,000.
01:53 Because her brother did not want her to go out, John was arrested by the hospital,
01:56 which initially agreed to the initial payment of P50,000 and a promissory note.
02:02 The promissory note, even though it was against my will, because it was really big,
02:06 they wanted me to pay P100,000 the next day, and then every other day P100,000,
02:12 and the balance bill the next day.
02:14 I don't know where they get that much.
02:17 So it's really hard for us.
02:20 With the help of Valenzuela LGU, they filed a complaint in the fiscal year
02:25 for slight and serious illegal detention against several employees of ACE Medical Center.
02:30 We went to the hospital earlier, but they said that we talked to the information desk.
02:34 Their safety officer said that they will not give an explanation first.
02:38 We continue to try to get their statement.
02:41 The GMA Integrated News obtained a copy of their counter affidavit on the accusation of John F. Lovery.
02:46 They denied the alleged illegal detention because there was no element of imprisonment or imprisonment.
02:52 The door of the room where Lovery was brought in was not locked,
02:56 and it was not stopped by the hospital's residence.
02:59 According to Republic Act 9439, patients who cannot pay the bill cannot be imprisoned in the hospital.
03:06 It has a fine of up to P50,000 or prison up to six months.
03:10 But Valenzuela LGU is lacking in that,
03:13 so they will make an ordinance to increase the punishment in hospitals.
03:17 I understand that they are businessmen,
03:19 that's why we have measures like other private hospitals wherein the corpse is not released,
03:26 the death certificate is not released.
03:28 But I am surprised that a person is not released, a living person.
03:33 LGU wrote to the Department of Health to investigate the change of head in the hospital.
03:39 For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, your Saksi.
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