Ex-IBP chief weighs in on doctor's conviction

Former Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) president Domingo Cayosa believes the Supreme Court (SC), in its final judgment, has considered all arguments and evidence presented in the case of orthopedic surgeon Dr. Benigno Agbayani Jr

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Doctors have been up in arms over the conviction and death behind bars of Agbayani, with Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa recently urging the medical community to unite and to “keep the conversation going.”

In an interview with The STAR, Cayosa said that the Judicial Integrity Board is not the proper forum to raise concerns on the case and it “cannot the SC, in reference to a Change.org petition addressed to the JIB.

The JIB’s main function is to investigate wrongdoings or abuse committed by judges and court employees, he noted.

In the Change.org petition, a doctors’ group said Agbayani had been “wrongly accused and convicted” after a patient complained of post-operative site infection.