Naga-recover na si former Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. matapos ginpaidalom sa surgical operation sa Philippine General Hospital.
Suno sa iya legal counsel nga si Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, ang medical incident ni Teves ang nagakadapat nga mangin “wake-up call” sa kakulangan sang Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) natuhoy sa pagresponde sa mga medikal nga emerhensiya.
“If it took several hours for a high-profile prisoner such as Representative Teves to be given medical attention, we shudder at how the BJMP will treat ordinary detainees. It also show[s] how a detained person,who, after all, is presumed innocent,is deprived of his right to seek his own choice of treatment and medical professionals to attend to him, by illogical and archaic rules biased against private hospitals.”
Ginsiling man ni Topacio nga ang insidente nagapakita sang “potentially fatal” nga resulta sang of trial courts nga wala nagasunod sa direktiba sang Supreme Court sa pag-issue sang commitment orders.
“The operation performed on Mr. Teves proves that, far from being ‘drama’, the complaint of a medical condition was legitimate. It was only the persistent and untiring efforts of Mr. Teves’ family and close friends, assisted by us, their lawyers, that saved Mr. Teves’ life.”
Ginpasalamatan man sini ang mga doktor sa likod sang madinalag-on nga operasyon ni Teves.
Matandaan nga kahapon sang gindala si Teves sa ospital bangud sa tuman nga pagpalanakit sang tiyan.
