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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
NBI probes alleged medical malpractice in Bago
By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan
* Wife-victim died after three days she underwent tubal ligation
THE National Bureau of Investigation - Bacolod District Office is currently investigating the alleged medical malpractice at the Bago City District Hospital (BCDH).
It is looking into the case of a 39-year-old mother, who died three days after being subjected to a tubal ligation during a medical mission conducted at the hospital last Nov. 25.
Philip Pecache, NBI-Bacolod officer-in-charge, Monday told the Capitol media that he is only waiting for the final result of the autopsy conducted by the bureau's medico-legal officer Dr. Angelie Oropella last Thursday.
The alleged victim was identified as Percy Miranda Sioco of Hacienda Socorro, Purok Paghidaet, Barangay Sagasa in Bago City.
As of press time Monday, Pecache said they are only relying on the medical findings of the doctors at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH).
The doctors reportedly said the victim died of septicemia or blood poisoning.
Pecache, however, cannot name the doctor who administered the operation as BCDH chief Pilar Mabasa has not disclosed it yet.
"If she won't reveal it until we see the official findings of the autopsy, we might include her (Mabasa) as among the respondents on the charges we will file in court later," he stressed.
NBI special investigator Edgardo Kawada was tasked to handle the probe.
In a telephone interview Monday, Mabasa said she is set to appear before the NBI-Bacolod Tuesday.
She said based on the summons served to her, she was only asked to bring all the records of the patient.
"If the NBI will ask me of the name of the doctor, then I could probably give it to them," Mabasa added.
She also clarified that they are not hiding anything over Sioco's case.
Record showed that Sioco was a mother of five children - Roger Rocio, 18; Ross Ann, 16; Ross Annie, 12; Piolo, four and Precious, two months old.
In her desire to prevent her getting pregnant again, she decided to undergo a tubal ligation during the reported medical mission.
The next day, however, the "victim" started vomiting and suffered from a hardening of the stomach.
Her husband, Raymundo, immediately returned her to the BCDH but the doctors there only gave her antacids and was released after, Pecache said.
The following day, the victim complained again of severe stomach pain prompting her husband this time to rush her to CLMMRH for treatment.
Allegedly, the doctors at the CLMMRH only gave her a pain reliever and an antacid again.
The following day, she expired.
Findings then showed that the victim had reportedly died of septicemia.
But Pecache added that the victim's small intestines and fallopian tubes were sticking with each other.
This was probably the reason why the doctor had found difficulty in doing the tubal ligation, the NBI-OIC further said.
But if that was the case, the doctor should have referred the case to his/her superior or senior medical practitioners or to any hospital that has complete medical equipment to save the patient.
(December 13, 2005 issue)
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