Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Fact-finding Committee Report: The Vaguest of the Century

I searched for updates on the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center fiasco and since I was specifically looking for the findings of the VSMMC fact-finding committee, I zeroed in on an article written by INQUIRER.net's Visayas Bureau Contributor Jhunex Napallacan.

Here are excerpts from Napallacan's article dated April 19:

The committee also recommended the issuance of a stern warning against one doctor and three nurse supervisors, who were advised to be more cautious in their performance of their duties as supervisors.

Asked why some medical staffers were only given a stern warning, Paradela explained that the each had a different level of participation.

He did not elaborate on the roles of the four.

The Vicente Sotto Memorial Center Fact-finding Committee, headed by Dr. Roque Anthony Paradela, is so obvious at attempting to downplay the unprofessional behavior of their erring OR staff that it is utterly disgusting. Geez, these blokes had the audacity to announce the completion of the preliminary investigation they conducted and conveniently forgot to include the facts in their report.

Even their recommendation that a 'stern warning' be issued to a doctor and three nurse supervisors is downright preposterous. A stern warning? Aw, c'mon, Dr. Paradela. You gotta be kidding me! Even nursing students who report late for clinical rotations receive waaayyy more than that.

The committee lauded the team for the successful operation on Danilo.

“In fact, this is the first case here in VSMMC. Although, we would like to commend the surgical team for expertly handling the manual extraction of the foreign body without going into an invasive procedure and without any complications,” the report said.

Good God! Dr. Roque Anthony Paradela and the members of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Fact-finding Committee are really confused. For some inexplicable reason, they think that the main objective of the committee is to showcase how successful the surgical operation was and perhaps receive loads of compliment for this 'medical milestone'.

Oh sure, the surgical team was brilliant but this isn't the right time to fish for compliments so you guys might as well stop distracting us. Because you totally suck at it.:)