Doctors ask PRC to revoke Badoy’s physician license over alleged red-tagging

For the second time in three months, a complaint has been filed at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) seeking to revoke anti-communist task force spokesperson Lorraine Badoy's certificate of registration as a physician for alleged red-tagging.

The complainants, a group of medical doctors, claim that Badoy has violated the code of conduct and ethical standards of the medical profession with “her incessant red-tagging not just of fellow health workers, but also of different sectors.”

“Her unfounded and baseless claims especially violate the principles of respect for life and for person, and expressly goes against the principle of doing no harm,” they stressed.

“Therefore, her actions of red-tagging are unethical, and cause substantial harm to the lives not just of the accused, but also their families and those they work with,” they added.

GMA News Online has reached out to Badoy for comment.

The filing comes weeks after the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) in April filed administrative complaints against Badoy at the PRC for the same reason.

To recall, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson claimed in a news item published by the Philippine News Agency on April 7, 2021, that the AHW was among the organizations created by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDF) “precisely for the infiltration of the government.”

Badoy claimed then that the AHW “have infiltrated the Philippine Orthopedic Center, UP PGH (University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital), Lung Center, Kidney Institute, regional/provincial hospitals all the way down to the barangay levels.”

She also alleged that the underground organization of the AHW was Makabayang Samahang Pangkalusugan (MASAPA).

Moreover, Badoy also accused some Department of Health officials for “defending a member of the Central Committee of the CPP-NPA-NDF” after a regional trial court dismissed the kidnapping and serious illegal detention case against Dr. Natividad "Naty" Castro last March.

In this latest complaint, the doctors said that Badoy has been an "additional, unnecessary stressor" for health workers already having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We believe that such conduct and words are deeply unprofessional and form part of behavior so unethical that she deserves the suspension, if not the outright revocation, of her medical license,” the complainants said.

They further emphasized that “Badoy took it upon herself not to contribute to the betterment of lives and wellbeing, but to be the face of vilification and harassment.” — BM, GMA News