PRC suspends Badoy’s license for 6 months

MANILA, Philippines — For red-tagging health care workers, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has suspended for six months the medical registration of Lorraine Marie Badoy, former spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

In the decision released yesterday, the PRC’s Board of Medicine found Badoy guilty of violating the Revised Code of Ethics of the Medical Profession for unethical and unprofessional conduct.

“During the period of suspension, (Badoy) is prohibited from engaging in the practice of medicine. Furthermore, (she) shall not be authorized to resume the practice of medicine unless she files an affidavit of compliance,” the decision read.

The decision stemmed from Badoy’s public statements linking Dr. Ma. Natividad Castro to the Communist Party of the Philippines. Castro is a community physician and is affiliated with the Alliance of Health Workers.

The Movement Against Disinformation lauded the PRC decision, saying Badoy’s accusations against healthcare workers were without evidence.

“A medical license carries public trust. It cannot become a shield for reckless, evidence-free vilification,” said Rico Domingo, the group’s founding chairman.