PATIENT’S RIGHTS

While a physician should always act according to his/her conscience, and always in the best interests of the patient, equal effort must be made to guarantee patient autonomy and justice. The following represents some of the principal rights of the patient which the medical profession endorses and promotes. Physicians and other persons or bodies involved in the provision of health care have a joint responsibility to recognize and uphold these rights. Whenever legislation, government action or any other administration or institution denies patients these rights, physicians should pursue appropriate means to assure or to restore them.

In the context of biomedical research involving human subjects- including non-therapeutic biomedical research- the subject is entitled to the same rights and consideration as any patient in a normal therapeutic situation.

1.RIGHT TO MEDICAL CARE OF GOOD QUALITY

KARAPATAN PARA SA MAAYOS AT EPEKTIBONG SERBISYONG PANGKALUSUGAN

  1. Every person is entitled without discrimination to appropriate medical care, regardless of their status in the society, religion, beliefs and cultural practices, language, etc.
  2. Every patient has the right to be cared for by a physician whom he/she knows to be free to make clinical and ethical judgments without any outside interference.
  3. The patient shall always be treated in accordance with his/her best interests. The treatment applied shall be in accordance with generally approved medical principles.
  4. Quality assurance should always be a part of health care. Physicians, in particular, should accept responsibility for being guardians of the quality of medical services.
  5. In circumstances where a choice must be made between potential patients for a particular treatment which is in limited supply, all such patients are entitled to a fair selection procedure for that treatment. That choice must be based on medical criteria and made without discrimination.
  6. The patient has the right of continuity of health care. The physician has an obligation to cooperate in the coordination of medically indicated care with other health care providers. The physician may not discontinue treatment of a patient as long as further treatment is medically indicated, without giving the patient reasonable assistance and sufficient opportunity to make alternative arrangements for care.
2. RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF CHOICE

KARAPATAN PARA SA MALAYANG PAGPILI

  1. The patient has the right to choose freely and change his/her physician and hospital or health service institution, regardless of whether they are based in the private or public sector.
  2. The patient has the right to ask for the opinion of another physician at any stage.
3. RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION

KARAPATAN PARA SA PANSARILING PAGPAPASYA

  1. The patient has the right to self-determination, to make free decisions regarding himself/herself. The physician will inform the patient of the consequences of his/her decisions.
  2. A mentally competent adult patient has the right to give or withhold consent to any diagnostic procedure or therapy. The patient has the right to the information necessary to make his/her decisions. The patient should understand clearly what is the purpose of any test or treatment, what the results would imply, and what would be the implications of withholding consent.
  3. The patient has the right to refuse to participate in research or teaching of medicine.
4. THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT

KARAPATAN NG ISANG WALANG-MALAY NA MAYSAKIT

  1. If the patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to express his/her will, informed consent must be obtained whenever possible, from a legally entitled representative when legally relevant.
  2. If a legally entitled representative is not available, but a medical intervention is urgently needed, consent of the patient may be presumed, unless it is obvious and beyond any doubt on the basis of the patient’s previous firm expression or conviction that he/she would refuse consent to the intervention in that situation.
  3. However, physicians should always try to save the life of an unconscious patient due to a suicide attempt.
5. THE LEGALLY INCOMPETENT PATIENT

KARAPATAN NG ISANG LEGAL NA MAY KAPANSANAN O MENOR DE EDAD

  1. If a patient is a minor or otherwise legally incompetent the consent of a legally entitled representative, where legally relevant, is required. Nevertheless the patient must be involved in the decision making to the fullest extent allowed by his/her capacity.
  2. If the legally incompetent patient can make rational decisions, his/her decisions must be respected, and he/she has the right to forbid the disclosure of information to his/her legally entitled representative.
  3. If the patient’s legally entitled representative, or a person authorized by the patient, forbids treatment which is, in the opinion of the physician, in the patient’s best interest, the physician should challenge this decision in the relevant legal or other institution. In case of emergency, the physician will act in the patient’s best interest.
6. PROCEDURE AGAINST THE PATIENT’S WILL

KARAPATAN PARA SA GAMUTANG TALIWAS SA KAGUSTUHAN NG PASYENTE

  1. Diagnostic procedures or treatment against the patient’s will can be carried out only in exceptional cases, if specifically permitted by law and conforming to the principles of medical ethics.
7. RIGHT TO INFORMATION /COMMUNICATION

KARAPATAN PARA SA WASTONG KAALAMAN

  1. The patient has the right to receive information about himself/herself recorded in any of his/her medical records, and to be fully informed about his/her health status including the medical facts about his/her condition. However, confidential information in the patients’ records about a third party should not be given to the patient without the consent of that third party.
  2. Exceptionally, information may be withheld from the patient when there is good reason to believe that this information would create a serious hazard to his/her life or health.
  3. Information must be given in a way appropriate to the local culture, ethnicity or religious affiliation and in such a way that the patient can understand.
  4. The patient has the right not to be informed on his/her explicit request, unless required for the protection of another person’s life.
  5. The patient has the right to choose who, if anyone, should be informed on his/her behalf.
8. RIGHT TO CONFIDENTIALITY

KARAPATAN PARA SA “CONFIDENTIAL” NA BAGAY

  1. All identifiable information about a patient’s health status, medical condition, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment and all other information of a personal kind must be kept confidential, even after death. Exceptionally, descendants may have a right of access to information that would inform them of their health risks.
  2. Confidential information can only be disclosed if the patient gives explicit consent or if expressly provided for in the law. Information can be disclosed to other health care providers only on a strictly “need to know” basis unless the patient has given explicit consent.
  3. All identifiable patient data must be protected. The protection of the data must be appropriate to the manner of its storage. Human substances from which identifiable data can be derived must be likewise protected.
9. RIGHT TO HEALTH EDUCATION

KARAPATAN PARA SA KAALAMANG PANGKALUSUGAN

  1. Every person has the right to health education that will assist him/her in making informed choices about personal health and the available health services.
  2. The education should include information about healthy lifestyles and methods of prevention and early detection of illnesses.
  3. The personal responsibility of everybody for his/her own health should be stressed. Physicians have an obligation to participate actively in educational efforts.
10. RIGHT TO DIGNITY

KARAPATAN PARA SA PANSARILING DIGNIDAD

  1. The patients’ dignity and right to privacy shall be respected at all times in medical care and teaching, as shall his/her culture and values.
  2. The patient is entitled to relief of his/her suffering according to the current state of knowledge.
  3. The patient is entitled to humane terminal care and to be provided with all available assistance in making dying as dignified and comfortable as possible.
11. RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS ASSISTANCE

KARAPATAN PARA SA ISPIRITUAL NA PANGANGAILANGAN

  1. The patient has the right to receive or to decline spiritual and moral comfort including the help of a minister of his/her chosen religion.

PATIENT’S RESPONSIBILITY

Upang mabigyan ng maayos at sapat na pangangalaga ang mga pasyente, ang mga alituntunin at regulasyong ipinatutupad ng ospital ay ang mga sumusunod:

I. ORAS NG DALAW
  • 11:00 N.U. – 1:00 N.H. lamang
  • 4:00 N.H. – 7:00 N.H. lamang
II. DALAW NG PASYENTE
  1. Dalawa lamang ang maaaring dumalaw sa pasyente ng sabay.
  2. Ang mga dalaw ay hinihiling na sumunod sa oras ng dalaw upang makapagpahinga ng mabuti ng pasyente.
III. BANTAY NG PASYENTE
  1. Pagkatanggap ng pasyente, kailangan maipatala agad ang pangalan ng magbabantay, isang watcher’s ID ang ibibigay para sa kanya at ito dapat ay laging nakasuot habang nasa loob ng Ospital.
  2. Isa (1) lamang ang maaring magbantay sa pasyente. Para sa kailangan ang dalawang bantay, humingi muna ng pahintulot sa Attending Physician.
IV. MGA GAMIT NA PUWEDENG DALHIN NG PASYENTE AT BANTAY
  1. Ang mga sumusunod ay maaaring dalhin:
    1. Thermos, pinggan, platito, tasa, baso, kutsara at tinidor.
    2. Isang bag lamang na may lamang damit, tuwalya at mga bagay na personal.
  2. Ang mga personal na gamit na kinukunsumo ng kuryente tulad ng electric fan, radio, t.v. at cellphone ay isasama sa babayaran.
V. MGA ALAHAS AT PERA
  1. Ang lahat ay pinayuhan na huwag magdala ng alahas at malalaking halaga ng pera. Walang pananagutan ang ospital ano man ang mawala dito.
VI. TAKDANG ORAS NA HINDI NA PUWEDENG LUMABAS ANG PASYENTE
  1. Simula alas 9:00 ng gabi hanggang madaling araw.
  2. Para sa bantay na nautusan o kinakailangang bumili ng gamut o ano mang bagay na kailangan ng pasyente habang umiiral ang oras na puwedeng lumabas ang bantay dapat munang humingi ng pahintulot sa Nurse Supervisor on Duty o sa Nurse na nakatalaga upalang palabasin ng guwardiya.
VII. ALITUNTUNIN SA MGA LALABAS NA PASYENTE
  1. Para sa mga pribadong pasyente na nasa may bayad na kuwarto, dapat munang humingi ng clearance sa Billing Section bago kumuha ng discharge slip sa Nurse.
  2. Ibigay ang discharge slip sa guwardiya sa ibaba bago ilabas ang pasyente.
VIII. MGA IPINAGBABAWAL
  1. Paninigarilyo saan mang lugar sa Ospital.
  2. Ang wala pang pitong (7) taong gulang na dalaw ng pasyente.
  3. Mga lasing sa alak o ipinagbabawal na gamut o amoy alak – hindi puwedeng dumalaw o magbantay sa pasyente at pumasok saan mang lugar sa Ospital.
  4. Ipinagbabawal na gamut at nakakalasing na inumin gaya ng beer at iba pa.
  5. Baril o mga nakamamatay na bagay ay dapat ideposito sa Guwardiya. Bibigyan ng deposit slip bilang kapalit, na siya ring ipakikita upang kunin sa pag-alis.
  6. Maglaba at magsampay sa loob ng silid.
  7. Ang naka sando o nakahubad na bantay o pasyente.
  8. Mahiga o matulog sa bakanteng kama ang bantay ng pasyente.
  9. Ang gumala sa loob ng ospital nang walang sapat na dahilan.
IX. WASTONG PAGTATAPON NG BASURA
  1. Itim na basurahan para sa tuyong basura katulad ng papel, karton at iba pa. (Non-Infectious waste)
  2. Berdeng basurahan para sa basang basura katulad ng tirang pagkain o pinabalatan ng prutas. (Non-Infectious waste).
  3. Dilaw na basurahan para sa mga ginagamit sa pasyente tulad ng gasa, bulak, karayom na may dugo at iba pang mga matalim na nakasusugat o nakatutusok. (Infectious waste).
X. KALIGTASAN
  1. Inyo pong alamin ang daan patungo sa FIRE EXIT.
  2. Ang FIRE EXTINGUISER ay nakalagay sa mga lugar na madaling makita.
  3. Panatilihin ang kaligtasan at kalinisan sa lahat ng oras.