I am talking only about those involved in this conduct of taking pictures and video while they are doing a rectal operation on a man who has a canister of body spray shoved up his a_s. I am not referring to ALL doctors and nurses. So dont take offense, those who are not involved in this, k? Kung involved ka naman, bago ka ma-offend, ituloy mo ang pagbabasa. Tapos saka ka ma-offend. Buti nga "offend" lang ang naramdaman mo. E yung pasyenteng pinaglaruan nyo, "offend" lang kaya yun? Haller?

We actually trust these people when we are having operations, giving birth, having physical examination and the works where we expose ourselves thinking that they will conduct themselves appropriately. They are professionals, hirap ng pinagdaaanan nila para makapag-aral at magka-lisensya. In just one act like this... goes to show that intelligence does not equal common sense and knowing the proper way of respecting human dignity. Sayang ang talino. Siguro stressed sila ng mga panahon na yon. Wala pang tulog o bored sa trabaho dahil walang exciting na nangyayari. Then comes this case. Very interesting, ika nga. Bakit di ko ilabas ang hightech kong camera phone at magpakasaya sa pagkuha ng mga vids ng isang taong walang kaalam-alam na pulutan pala sya ng oras na yon ng mga masasayang doctors at nurses. Tapos i-upload sa you tube! Brilliant!!!!

My suggestions:

1. The licensing body for doctors and nurses should investigate this. This violates their oath, and also basic human rights. They must be severely reprimanded.

2. Camera phones should not be allowed inside the operating or examination room, if the patient or his/her family did not give permission to do so. Much better siguro kung wala na talagang i-allow na cam phones/vid cams na hawak ng mga doctor and nurses. That is also too unsanitary, if you ask me.

3. The hospital administration must rethink if they would like to retain these as employees in their hospital. Could you imagine some 10 or more people in the operating room, when we all know that this not much of a major operation? Those who have no business being there mean that they are not doing their job elsewhere. Pano kung may na-miss na medication, may nagemergency, may pasyenteng nahulog mula sa bed, etc, etc, nasaan ang magigiting na nurses at doctors nila dun? Negligence, loitering or abandonment of work kaya yun?

4. May karapatang magdemanda ang patient. Invasion of privacy at violation ng doctor-patient privilege.

This is just my opinion. Kakaawa na ma-subject ang isang pasyente sa ganitong kahihiyan. Nilagay pa sa Youtube! The nerve of those who took the vids and posted them sa internet. Do you think you are immune to public outrage? Dahil sa tingin nyo, may mageenjoy sa mga candid videos nyo depicting a man having rectal operation because of whatever reason? Only sick people would enjoy that, I think. and with this kind of sickness (enjoying others' discomfort or embarassment), wala pang cure dyan.
This should be a lesson for all of us. I will be a patient more times the rest of my life. Sana di ako maka-encounter ng mga katulad nila, because I respect and trust the doctors and nurses who have treated or cared for me before. Kung doctor or nurse ka, maging lesson din ito sa yo. May puso dapat ang pagaalaga at pagpapagaling sa mga pasyente. Hindi sila manikin o mga cadaver na walang feelings at emotions. Tandaan nyo yan.

But you know, she may have a point.

Cebu gay cries foul on hospital's boo-boo
from Sun.Star Cebu

A 39-year-old homosexual is planning to sue a medical team after he saw in a cellular phone of a friend last Friday a circulated video footage of the operation to extract a perfume canister stuck in his anus during a sexual act.

The operation on the man, who only wants to be identified as “Jan-Jan,” was done at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) last Jan. 3 yet, but the video footage has been circulating through cell phones since then and was even uploaded in the video-sharing web site, YouTube. (The clip is probably removed by now -- Empress Maruja)

“I trusted them. And yet they ridiculed me behind my back…Was that something a professional would do? I can’t even walk the streets without being laughed at by neighbors. I want my ordeal to end. And I hope it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” Jan-Jan told Sun.Star Cebu in Cebuano.

The video that runs for two minutes and 28 seconds shows an operating team of more than 10 people laughing, with someone shouting instructions while the operation was going on.

It captures individuals with mobile phones and cameras taking footage of the operation. A brief panning motion shows some of the faces of the people involved in the procedure. (There were actually A LOT of cameras in the operating room, not just those three. -- Empress Maruja)

Loud cheering and shouting can be heard as the canister that someone describes as a “baby” is slowly pulled out of the anus. One of the staff even opens the perfume and sprays it around.

All the time, the patient whose face is not visible in the video, is unconscious.

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This is a violation in many levels:

* The doctor-patient confidentiality ethic was not followed.
* There were more than enough people in the operating room (most of them were only there to record the procedure on their cellphones).
* The loud, childish jeers from the crowd after the spray can was removed was sickening. A clear disrespect for the patient.
* And the doctor had the gall of telling this to the patient, as stated in that same report...
"On Jan. 5, when Jan-Jan was scheduled to be released, his doctor approached him and asked if he wanted to earn money by uploading the video taken during his operation on YouTube. Ashamed with what had happened, he refused."

Hindi question dito kung kasalanan ba ni Jan-Jan at napasukan siya ng lata sa puwit niya. Lumapit siya sa doktor para malunasan ang kalagayan niya, nagbayad siya nang tama, pero ganito ang itatrato sa kanya: parang laruan.

At ang nakakalungkot dito, hindi lang sa ospital na ito nangyayari ang kawalan ng paggalang sa mga bakla. Lumabas ka lang ng bahay at pakinggan ang mga batang nanunukso ng "Ah bakla bakla bakla!"

Sa video na ito napatunayan kahit papaano na wala sa pinag-aralan, o sa estado ng buhay, ang pagiging makatao.