Cantre v. Sps Go / ESCRA
Cantre v. Sps Go / ESCRA
Cantre v. Sps Go / ESCRA
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Cantre vs. Go
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Cantre vs. Go
QUISUMBING, J.:
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For review on certiorari2
are the Decision dated October 3,
2002 and Resolution dated November 19, 2003 of the
Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV 3
No. 58184, which affirmed
with modification the Decision dated March 3, 1997 of the
Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 98, in Civil
Case No. Q93-16562.
The facts, culled from the records, are as follows:
Petitioner Dr. Milagros L. Cantre is a specialist in
Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Dr. Jesus Delgado
Memorial Hospital. She was the attending physician of
respondent Nora S. Go, who was admitted at the said
hospital on April 19, 1992.
At 1:30 a.m. of April 20, 1992, Nora gave birth to her
fourth child, a baby boy. However, at around 3:30 a.m.,
Nora suffered profuse bleeding inside her womb due to
some parts of the placenta which were not completely
expelled from her womb after delivery. Consequently, Nora
suffered hypovolemic shock, resulting in a drop in her blood
pressure to „40‰ over „0.‰ Petitioner and the assisting
resident physician
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SO ORDERED.‰
Petitioner, Dr. Abad, and the hospital all appealed to the
Court of Appeals, which affirmed with modification the
trial court decision, thus:
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14 Id., at p. 227.
15 Rollo, p. 67.
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II.
III.
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VII.
VIII.
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Simply put, the threshold issues for resolution are: (1) Are
the questioned additional exhibits admissible in evidence?
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ered if they are the proximate result of the defendantÊs wrongful act
or omission.‰
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