Resigned resident doctor Jullie Vida Cabristante
might face civil liabilities for reneging on her
contract to serve the Negros Oriental Provincial
Hospital for eight years in exchange of the
Capitol medical scholarship granted to her.
Cabristante resigned last
December 12, 2011 to pursue
post graduate studies in
anesthesiology at the Philippine
General Hospital.
The Office of the Governor
tried to seek the approval of
the Provincial Board of a
supplemental MOA but was
returned after it was deemed
moot as the doctor has already
been allowed to resign
last year.
Board Member Jessica Villanueva endorsed the case to
the Provincial Attorney for further
study. She said that one
option for Cabristante to be
freed of the MOA is i f she
agrees to refund the people’s
money used for her education.
Villanueva hopes to resolve the
matter i n a manner that the
province is not at losing end so
as not to set a bad precedent.
Cabristante is among the
four doctors whose tuition fees
were paid for by the provincial
government as scholars under
the 6-year-old program, who
committed to serve the NOPH
for an 8-year period. There are
13 scholars currently in medical
school using taxpayer ’s
money.
BM Villanueva estimates
that the cost of sending these
scholars to complete the entire
medical course is at P 700,000
per student, plus P 20,000 allowance
when they take the
li censure examination. (By
Dems Demecillo)
