00:00 According to Gloria, the woman who made her a medical representative and the owner of the aesthetic clinic,
00:07 also assured Gloria that she is the authorized expert who can perform procedures on patients.
00:14 What is the personality of the individual who performed the procedure?
00:19 What is the recognition of this?
00:21 Is she a doctor?
00:23 A surgeon?
00:24 A cosmetic surgeon?
00:25 When she was doing the procedures, she said she is a med-rep.
00:30 She is the one who provides medicines to different hospitals.
00:34 She said she is not a doctor.
00:36 No, she said she is a med-rep.
00:39 She also said she is not a surgeon.
00:40 No.
00:41 According to a plastic surgeon in a well-known hospital that Gloria visited after experiencing a "pain" in the aesthetic clinic,
00:49 the violation of the Republic Act 2382 or the Medical Act of 1959, the use of botox,
00:56 the use of thread lift and other procedures if you are not a licensed medical professional.
01:02 Any licensed doctor,
01:04 specifically if he has training in dermatology or plastic surgery in the Philippine Medical Act,
01:15 you can do anything that is within the medical field that is provided by law.
01:21 But of course, when it comes to these things, it is better if you go to specialists,
01:27 usually dermatologists or plastic surgeons.
01:30 In the investigation of the receipt,
01:32 it was not the dermatologist and not the doctor who made it to Gloria.
01:36 The Philippine Dermatological Society said that she is not a member of their group.
01:41 If that is the case, that already belongs to the practice of medicine.
01:44 The doctor should be the one to do it.
01:47 I mean, it's nice if you can go to a board-certified dermatologist or even a plastic surgeon who can do all those things.
01:54 On May 4, 2024, the victim suffered from a staph and physical injury.
02:00 Less than 10 days after the case was dismissed.
02:03 They said that the supporting documents were not enough.
02:06 The documents we gave were not enough.
02:09 They said that we need to have the testimony of other doctors
02:15 who will say that this is what should be done in those procedures.
02:19 And because the case was dismissed,
02:21 they are also studying the filing of the defamation case in the Republic Act 2382
02:27 against the well-known aesthetician who made it to Gloria.
02:30 We can file again.
02:32 It's called refiling because our law does not prohibit us from filing again
02:37 because this dismissal is without prejudice.
02:41 According to the Medical Act of 1959, which is Republic Act 2382,
02:46 the law prohibits the legal practice of medicine if the physician has no license.
02:52 All what I need is justice to be served to my wife.
02:56 In our hard times, I see her every day.
03:01 She cries. I see her depression.
03:04 Her traumatic experience. It's painful.
03:07 The receiver tried to get the aesthetic clinic that Gloria is complaining about.
03:12 But they did not both agree.
03:15 According to their lawyer,
03:17 this is not the right time for them to talk about the accusations.
03:23 According to the plastic surgeon that Gloria asked for help,
03:26 the nails that are causing the infection on her face need to be removed.
03:31 In March 19, 2024, Gloria removed the threads or the nails
03:35 and applied the medicine to her wounds.
03:38 As time goes by, it gets deeper and deeper.
03:41 There might be nerves in the face that can paralyze a part of the face.
03:47 The infection can also enter the blood system.
03:52 And that's what we call septicemia, which is life-threatening.
03:58 The infection and wound on Gloria's face
04:00 is more than a year old.
04:03 Her nails might take longer.
04:06 But Gloria's heart is whole.
04:08 It has returned to its natural beauty and is being chased by justice.
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