April. 16, 2008
MANILA, Philippines

A video posted on the internet showing Philippine doctors laughing while removing an object from a patient may lead to charges against the surgeons and cost them their medical licenses, officials said Wednesday.

The nearly 3-minute video of a noisy operating room shows doctors and nurses laughing, giggling and cheering.

At one point, a hand appears with a cell phone camera taking a close-up picture of the surgery.

As a doctor gingerly pulls out the 6-inch long canister from the male patients rectum, someone shouts, ғBaby out! amid loud cheers.

The doctor then removes the canister cap and sprays the contents toward the crowd of nurses and doctors viewing the procedure.

The video has angered the unidentified patient who plans to press charges, his lawyer Guiller Ceniza said Wednesday.

The government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in the central city of Cebu, where the surgery took place, is conducting an investigation, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Dr. Emmanuel Gines said more than 10 people were involved ԗ including staff and medical and nursing students from a nearby operating room.

He said the hospital takes videos of surgeries of peculiar cases, but only with the consent of the patient.

Investigation possible
Dr. Jose Sabili, president of the Philippine Medical Association, told on Wednesday the group will conduct an investigation if a formal complaint is filed and doctors found violating medical ethics could be suspended or expelled from the association, which would result in the suspension or termination of their state health insurance accreditation.

The results of the investigation could also be used by the Professional Regulations Commission to suspend or revoke their licenses, Sabili said.

I believe what they did was very blatant,Ӕ he said.

Health Undersecretary Alexander Padilla said the Health Department will conduct a separate investigation.

The 39-year-old patient received surgery on Jan. 3, three days after a New Years drinking spree and a ғone-night stand with a male partner, Ceniza, the lawyer.

He said his client was too drunk to remember how the body spray canister ended up in his body.

Ceniza said the man was determined to file charges but will wait for the results of the hospitalԒs investigation, expected later in the week.

He said "uh... Yeah... Umm... I would like to buy a CD. "He picked one out and gave her money for it.

"Would you like me to wrap it for you?" she asked, smiling her cute smile again.

He nodded and she went to the back.

She came bacl with a wrapped CD and gave it to him. He took it and walked out of the stroe.

He went home and from then on, he went to that store everyday and bought a Cd, and she wrapped it for him.

He took the Cd home and then put it in hie closet. He was still too shy to ask her out eventhough he really, really, really wanted too, he just couldn't. His mother found out about this and told him to just ask her.

So, the next day, he took all the curage that he could muster up, and went to the store. He bought a CD like he did everyday before, and once again she went to the back of the store and then came back out with the Cd wrapped for him.

He took it and when she was not looking, he left his telephone number on the desk and ran out...

!!! RRRRRRING!!!

The mother picked up the phone and said "Hello!"

It was the girl!!! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry; then after composingherself, the mother said, "you don't know? The girl asked, "Know what?" The mother said, "he passed away yesterday...

The line was quite except for the cries of the boy's mother. Later on that day, the mother went into the boy's room because shewanted to remeber him. She thoought that she would start by looking at his clothes.

So, she open the closet. She was face to face with piles and piles and piles of unopened Cds. She was suprised to find all those Cds and shepicked one up and sat down on the bed; then she stared to open it .

Inside, there was a Cd and as she took it out of the wrapper, out fell a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it. It said "Hi... I think you are really cute. Do you wanna go out with me? Love Jacelyn.

Give me your feedback on what you think is the moral of this story.

SAGOT: bakit nga ba? wla nman masama kung kausapin mo
sarili mo. actually, gawain ko yan pg i’m feeling down.. haharap ako sa salamin
at sasabihin ko “ang cute mo! pamatay ka! ikaw ba yan sam milby? wag kang
lumabas ng bahay dahil maraming mgpapa-authograph” <o:p></o:p>

tama ka rin na mas maige pang talk to ur self kesa nman kinakausap mo ung
iba tas wala ka nmang wentang kausap na tipong gusto ka ng pasakan ng hollow
blocks sa bibig ng kausap mo.. <o:p></o:p>

pero pero pero… un po kc ang orientation ng mga tao… pag nakakakita cla ng
ngsasalita ng mag-isa e sira-ulo na..<o:p></o:p>

ndi ba nila naisip na mas dapat clang mapraning pag nakakita cla ng taong
nakikipag-usap sa poste ng meralco or sa mga earthworms? <o:p></o:p>

talking to urself once in a while is normal pero pero pero wag lng madalas
dahil bka bigla ka na lng damputin at bitbitin sa mental… <o:p></o:p>