Taguig clinic, patients robbed

MANILA, Philippines - Three patients and their doctor were robbed by three men who barged into a clinic in Barangay Ususan, Taguig City Tuesday.

Police said the three robbers posed as patients at Dr. Pablo Manalad’s clinic at around 4 p.m. Investigators said the 67-year-old doctor had just finished attending to a patient when patients Lamberto Martir, 52; Jovan Salvilla, 57; and Emilia Caravalle, 70, entered his clinic, held by the robbers at gunpoint.

While ransacking the house, including the master’s bedroom, the robbers locked the doctor and his patients in the bathroom. Police said the robbers took jewelry, gadgets, and cash amounting to more than P100,000.            

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