consider seizure disorder.”4[4] The Clinic nevertheless found him fit to work,
hence, he, on April 24, 2004, boarded the vessel for the fourth time.
Petitioner boarded the vessel on April 24, 2004 but was repatriated on June
3, 2004, after his tonic-clonic seizures recurred, having suffered four to five fits of
seizures nighttime of May 26, 2004, and the ship doctor having found that
petitioner was not fit to continue employment at sea.5[5]
Following his repatriation, he was attended by Dr. Lim who advised him to
undergo 21 Channel EEG and cranial CT scan, and referred him to a neurologist. 6
[6]
Dr. Lim found the Seizure Disorder, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Type7[7]
with which petitioner was affected was not work-related.8[8]
4[4]
Id. at 180.
5[5]
Id. at 177.
6[6]
Id. at 179-180.
7[7]
Id. at 179-181.
8[8]
Id. at 181.