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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A video posted on the Internet showing Philippine doctors laughing while removing an object from a patient's rectum may lead to charges against the surgeons and cost them their medical licenses, officials said Wednesday.
The unauthorized, nearly three-minute video of a noisy operating room showed doctors and nurses laughing, giggling and cheering.
At one point, a hand appeared with a cell phone camera taking a close-up picture of the surgery.
As a doctor gingerly pulls out the six-inch long canister from the male patient's rectum, someone shouted, "Baby out!" amid loud cheers.
The doctor then removed the canister cap and sprayed the contents toward the crowd of nurses and doctors viewing the procedure.
It remains unclear who shot the video and who posted it on YouTube, but the person who posted it removed it from the Web site Wednesday.
The video has angered the unidentified patient, who plans to press charges, his lawyer Guiller Ceniza said Wednesday.
The government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in the central city of Cebu, where the surgery took place, is conducting an investigation, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Dr. Emmanuel Gines said more than 10 people were involved -- including staff and medical and nursing students from a nearby operating room.
He said the hospital took videos of surgeries of peculiar cases, but only with the consent of the patient.
Dr. Jose Sabili, president of the Philippine Medical Association, said the group would conduct an investigation if a formal complaint was filed. Doctors found violating medical ethics could be suspended or expelled from the association, which would result in the suspension or termination of their state health insurance accreditation.
The results of the investigation could also be used by the Professional Regulations Commission to suspend or revoke their licenses, Sabili said.
"I believe what they did was very blatant," he said.
Health Undersecretary Alexander Padilla said the Health Department would conduct a separate investigation.
The 39-year-old patient received surgery on January 3, three days after a New Year's drinking spree and a "one-night stand" with a male partner, Ceniza said.
He said his client was too drunk to remember how the body spray canister ended up in his body.
Ceniza said the man was determined to file charges but would wait for the results of the hospital's investigation, expected later in the week.
The unauthorized, nearly three-minute video of a noisy operating room showed doctors and nurses laughing, giggling and cheering.
At one point, a hand appeared with a cell phone camera taking a close-up picture of the surgery.
As a doctor gingerly pulls out the six-inch long canister from the male patient's rectum, someone shouted, "Baby out!" amid loud cheers.
The doctor then removed the canister cap and sprayed the contents toward the crowd of nurses and doctors viewing the procedure.
It remains unclear who shot the video and who posted it on YouTube, but the person who posted it removed it from the Web site Wednesday.
The video has angered the unidentified patient, who plans to press charges, his lawyer Guiller Ceniza said Wednesday.
The government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in the central city of Cebu, where the surgery took place, is conducting an investigation, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Dr. Emmanuel Gines said more than 10 people were involved -- including staff and medical and nursing students from a nearby operating room.
He said the hospital took videos of surgeries of peculiar cases, but only with the consent of the patient.
Dr. Jose Sabili, president of the Philippine Medical Association, said the group would conduct an investigation if a formal complaint was filed. Doctors found violating medical ethics could be suspended or expelled from the association, which would result in the suspension or termination of their state health insurance accreditation.
The results of the investigation could also be used by the Professional Regulations Commission to suspend or revoke their licenses, Sabili said.
"I believe what they did was very blatant," he said.
Health Undersecretary Alexander Padilla said the Health Department would conduct a separate investigation.
The 39-year-old patient received surgery on January 3, three days after a New Year's drinking spree and a "one-night stand" with a male partner, Ceniza said.
He said his client was too drunk to remember how the body spray canister ended up in his body.
Ceniza said the man was determined to file charges but would wait for the results of the hospital's investigation, expected later in the week.
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