Laws & Jurisprudence
SICKNESS BENEFITS OF SEAFARERS
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Contrary to
petitioners' contention, respondent is entitled to sickness wages. The shooting
pain on his right foot is an injury which he suffered during the course of his
employment and, therefore, obligates petitioners to compensate him and provide
him the appropriate medical treatment. Moreover, petitioners were remiss in
providing continuous treatment for respondent in accordance with the
recommendation of their company physician that respondent should undergo a
two-week confinement and physical therapy and, if his condition does not
improve, then he would have to be subjected to surgical decompression to
alleviate the pain on his right foot. Respondent's ailment required urgent
medical response, thereby necessitating him to seek immediate medical
attention, even at his own expense. (VARORIENT SHIPPING CO., INC., and. ARIA
MARITIME CO., LTD. v. GIL A.
FLORES, G.R. No. 161934, 6 October 2010)
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