Stem cell 'doctor' faces more raps for Ateneo grad's death

MANILA - A businessman has updated the charges he filed with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against a wellness center operator who allegedly caused the death of his daughter, a cum laude graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, last year.

Bernard Tan added the illegal practice of medicine to the charges of estafa and reckless imprudence resulting in homicide he filed in October 2013 against Antonia Carandang-Park, her husband Young Joe Park and some center personnel over the death of his daughter Katherine Grace, 23, on July 4, 2013.

Tan based the additional charge on a certification issued in August 2013 by the Professional Regulation Commission showing that Park does not appear in the database of physicians, which contains the names of those duly authorized to practice medicine in the Philippines.

In an interview, Tan said Kate allegedly underwent stem cell treatment for Hodgkins lymphoma, a type of cancer, at the Green and Young Health and Wellness Center owned by Park in Tagaytay City during the last quarter of 2012.

We went to her clinic and she told us that she already treated a similar case and it would only take three months to treat my daughter We did not know that she is not a doctor, he said.

According to Tan, his daughter was in remission but she no longer wanted to undergo the pain of cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.

She also did not want to miss classes because she was graduating cum laude in March 2013. So when we heard about Park, we went to her clinic in Tagaytay, he said.

Tan said Park had promised his family that she could cure Kate within three months, provided that she will not receive any complimentary treatment from other doctors. She assured the family that she already treated a similar case in the past.

Tan said Park had injected embryonic stem cells into his daughter several times and Kate was fed only bananas and vegetable juices for three months.

Three months passed but my daughters condition was not improving. She started to lose weight. She was deteriorating so we brought her to (conventional doctors), he said.

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Stem cell 'doctor' faces more raps for Ateneo grad's death