physician; and (2) pay the injured seaman one hundred percent (100%) of his basic wages from the time he leaves the vessel for treatment until he is declared fit to work, but in no case shall this period exceed 120 days. The NLRC observed that petitioners cannot be considered to have adequately discharged their obligation in providing continuous treatment for respondent, as they failed to follow through their company-designated physician’s recommendation, which required respondent to undergo a two-week confinement and physical therapy and, if the injury remains unresolved, for respondent to have surgical decompression. As a consequence, respondent was constrained to seek treatment and surgery from a doctor other than the company-designated physician. The NLRC also declared that respondent is entitled to sickness wages equivalent to 120 days in the amount of US$4,800.00, less the amount of US$1,010.00 which he had received, as full settlement of the claim from the petitioners, per Receipt and Quitclaim dated June 25, 1997, or a net total of US$3,790.00. However, the NLRC denied respondent's claim for compensatory damages, as the contractual benefit of sickness wages provided for under the Standard Contract is already a compensatory measure intended to assist the injured seaman during the term of his contract. The dispositive portion of the Decision reads: WHEREFORE, the decision appealed from is hereby SET ASIDE. Respondents Varorient Shipping Co., Inc. and Aria Maritime Co., Ltd., are, jointly and severally, ordered to pay complainant Gil A. Flores the Philippine Peso equivalent at the time of actual payment of THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY US DOLLARS (US$3,790.00), plus THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE and 76/00 PESOS (P13,579.76), representing the balance of the sickness wages and reimbursement of medical and surgical expenses.   All other claims are DISMISSED for lack of merit.