2. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in not giving credence to the medical certificate issued by a doctor who is not designated by the company; and   3. Whether petitioner is entitled to disability benefits.     The Ruling of this Court   The petition has merit.   Labor Code Provision on Permanent Total Disability Applies to Seafarers     The issue of whether the Labor Codes provision on permanent total disability, particularly Article 192(c)(1), applies to seafarers is already a settled matter. Article 192(c)(1) of the Labor Code provides:   ART. 192. Permanent Total Disability. x x x (c) The following disabilities shall be deemed total and permanent: (1) Temporary total disability lasting continuously for more than one hundred twenty days, except as otherwise provided for in the Rules; x x x x     In Remigio v. National Labor Relations Commission,[11] petitioner, a seafarer, applied for permanent total disability under Article 192(c)(1) of the Labor Code. The Labor Arbiter ruled that Section 30 of the 1996 POEA-SEC did not provide for the payment of compensation benefits for cardiac catheterization or heart bypass. The NLRC affirmed the Labor Arbiter. The Court of Appeals also ruled that heart ailment was not included among the compensable sickness and injuries under the 1996 POEA-SEC.  

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