Former representative Ana S. Teregeyo believes the passage of House Bill 19-186 is a necessary step toward improving services at the Commonwealth Health Center, citing her own experience at the CNMI\u2019s lone hospital as an example.<\/p>\n
Teregeyo was happy to hear that HB 19-186 has passed the Legislature and now only waits for the signature of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres to become law.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy that after so many meetings we had between CHCC CEO and the respective committees of both Houses to address important issues, an effort has been taken to effectuate critical sections of Public Law 16-51, which created CHC as a public corporation,\u201d said Teregeyo in an email.<\/p>\n
Teregeyo thinks the lack of a regulatory board is why the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. is faced with many medical malpractice lawsuits, including her own.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a victim, like so the many CNMI residents who undergo treatments by medical professionals on island who were certified and licensed to provide quality medical care services to CNMI residents and visitors when they need medical attention at the lone public hospital and most specially under the supervision of the current CHCC chief executive officer, Ms. Esther L. Mu\u00f1a,\u201d said Teregeyo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would not have felt the negligence of CHCC medical care if the CEO exercised due diligence in compliance of the PL-16-51 bylaws, allowing the orthopedic surgeon to remain during my postoperative care as a patient at CHCC,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Teregeyo claims that Mu\u00f1a had numerous disagreements with the previous CHCC board.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Mu\u00f1a] refused to extend courtesies to the current [board] as she claimed they were not her supervisors. There were unnecessary confrontations between the board\u2026and the CEO that I witnessed during one of the board\u2019s meetings,\u201d said Teregeyo. <\/p>\n
Teregeyo had a fractured left tibia that was treated by CHC that she claims was below applicable standard of care, costing her six additional surgeries off-island. <\/p>\n
Teregeyo is suing Mu\u00f1a and other medical staff officers and later went on to sue the CNMI government altogether for the incident. The lawsuit is still pending in Superior Court.<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a has declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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