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Sen. Imee Marcos’ Senate Bill No. 1534, also known as the Patients’ Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act, will give patients—particularly the poor, the elderly, the disabled, women, and children—more protection.

By educating people about their rights and the possible remedies, the bill aims to empower patients and solve the enduring issue of unjust and unfair treatment of patients.

The law that punishes hospitals and medical clinics for refusing to provide proper initial medical treatment and support in an emergency or serious instance, Republic Act No. 8344, is in line with the provisions of the measure, according to Marcos’ explanatory note.

The measure stated that “without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or economic condition, every person has a right to a continuity of appropriate and good quality health care.” Dignity, integrity, convictions, individual requirements, and culture must all be respected during the course of such care, and the patient must be told of the reason for the delay and given the care that is in his or her best interests.

The Department of Health, healthcare providers, professional and civic organizations, the media, health insurance companies, people’s organizations, and local government organizations are all required by the law to launch and maintain a national information and education campaign to inform the public of their legal rights as patients.

Patients must be made aware of their rights and the institution’s laws and regulations about behavior while receiving care from the health care facility.

The measure said that “the patient’s right to select the physician or healthcare facility, including the right to obtain a second opinion, shall be observed.”

The bill protects patients’ right to privacy and confidentiality as well as their right to obtain spiritual and moral support, including from a priest or minister of their preferred faith, and their freedom to decline medical treatment or treatments that might conflict with their religious views.

A prison sentence of at least six months and one day and at most two years and four months will be imposed on any healthcare facility official, provider, or employee who is determined to have violated a patient’s social rights.

Additionally, a fine of PHP20,000 but not PHP100,000 may be levied.

When found guilty by final judgment, the director or officer of a hospital or clinic who was in charge of developing and carrying out this policy faces a sentence of four to six years in prison, a fine between $100,000 and $500,000, or both.

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