Hospital must compensate seniors, but fine cut from P7M to P70,000

Senior citizens of Mandaluyong undergo different health check-ups during the “Filipino Elderly Week” celebration in 2022. —File photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta | INQUIRER

MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered Baguio City-based Notre Dame De Chartres Hospital to compensate nearly a million pesos in excess payments to its senior patients who were denied the mandatory discounts in hospital bills almost a decade ago.

The appellate court, in a decision by its Special 11th Division on June 18, affirmed the administrative liability of the private hospital for failing to correctly deduct the value-added tax (VAT) and senior citizen discounts from the total bill of eligible patients.

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