(Bastol) to further medical treatment at the Metropolitan Hospital under companydesignated physician Dr. Lim. Bastol was confined therein for almost a month,
i.e., from April 10, 1997 until May 7, 1997.
Dr. Lim found Bastol to be suffering from a heart ailment certifying that he
had “Coronary artery dse; S/P Ant. wall MP; Hypercholesterolemia;
Hyperglycemia.” Dr. Lim regularly updated PPI on the medical status of Bastol as
shown by his letters to PPI addressed to Ms. Charry Domaycos, Claims Executive,
Crew Claims Division, on April 23, May 24, September 16 and October 28, 1997.
That Bastol suffered from a heart ailment is not disputed. In fact, as noted
by the CA, no less that four medical doctors had similar diagnosis of Bastol’s heart
ailment, viz: Dr. Peralta of the Jose L. Gutierrez Clinic, Dr. Lim of the
Metropolitan Hospital, PPI company-designated physician Dr. Varwig, and Dr.
Vicaldo of the Philippine Heart Center. And that is not to count the medical
findings of Docteur Bentadj from the Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire D’Oran in
Algiers as embodied in his Rapport Medical71[71] issued on February 26, 1997.
In all, after his repatriation on March 7, 1997, Bastol went to see Dr. Peralta
on March 8, 1997, and until the last examination by Dr. Lim on October 28, 1997,
he had been treated by these company-designated doctors for a period spanning
around seven months and 20 days or for approximately 230 days. Clearly then,
the maximum period of 120 days stipulated in the SEC for medical treatment
71[71] Supra note 8.
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