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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Baby, pregnant woman die in hospital
By Jovy S. Taghoy
Sun.Star Staff Reporter
A Cebu City hospital is likely to face a criminal complaint after a 27-year-old pregnant woman died inside the delivery room Tuesday night.
The baby also reportedly died inside the womb of Jaqueline Jabonero of Sitio Ponce, Capitol Hills, Barangay Capitol Site,
Cebu City.
Jaqueline’s parents Jun and Lydia and her younger sister Jasmine reported the incident to the Cebu City Police Office Homicide Section.
Jun and Lydia vowed to file charges against the hospital and the attending physician (name withheld pending her comment) for the death of their daughter and their grandchild.
Lydia, in a telephone interview with Sun.Star Cebu, said they brought Jaqueline to the hospital around 6 p.m. Monday after she complained of labor pains.
Around 9 p.m., they were told by the attending physician that Jaqueline would be induced because her blood pressure was high.
Jaqueline was taken to the labor room but Jasmine, whom the family tasked to tend to her sister’s needs, was not allowed to go inside.
Instead of giving birth, Jaqueline reportedly slept until 6 a.m., Lydia said.
By 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jasmine inquired about the status of Jaqueline from a hospital staff and was told, “ah, kadtong mi-kombulsyon (that one who had a convulsion)?”
Jasmine tried to clarify what the hospital staff had said, but the latter replied “di diay oy (no, she’s not the one).”
Jasmine, Lydia narrated, insisted on going inside the labor room but she was prevented from doing so.
Jasmine insisted, so she was later allowed to go inside. She saw Jaqueline crying from severe pain.
Jasmine asked the attending physician to let her sister give birth through Caesarian section.
But the doctor told Jasmine that Jaqueline could not just easily be opened up because there are procedures to be followed.
Jaqueline’s status also reportedly did not indicate the need for her to undergo a Caesarian section.
At 7:30 p.m., Lydia said they were told that the baby died.
Lydia said they again asked the doctor to operate on Jaqueline to save her, but were rejected.
Two hours later, they were informed that Jaqueline died.
Lydia said they were not informed about the cause of death of their daughter and the baby.
“We will file charges because our daughter was healthy when we brought her in. If they were right, they would have informed us of her status. Gihaylo-haylo ug giliko-liko naman hinuon mi (We were misled and deceived),” Lydia said.
Lydia said they already requested the PNP 7 medico-legal officer to autopsy Jaqueline to support their complaint.
Sun.Star Cebu called up the hospital to get their comment but was told that Dr. Raida Varona, the medical director of Cebu Puericulture and Maternity House Inc., was not yet around.
But in interview over ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol Central Visayas, Varona said Jaqueline was properly attended to.
Pressure
Jaqueline was hypertensive and her bag of water had already ruptured when she was admitted to the hospital, Varona said.
“Her blood pressure was noted or had gone up (to) 150/100…so she was admitted and was worked up and because she was in full term already, 37 weeks, and she had ruptured membranes and her pressure was high, the decision to deliver was made,” Varona said.
A series of laboratory tests were performed on Jaqueline and she was monitored to check the condition of the baby.
Varona said that initially, the dilation of Jaqueline’s cervix was only 1.5 to two centimeters (cm.), “which is still almost or just open.”
Jaqueline was then induced.
Around 9 p.m., Varona said a medicine usually given to pre-eclamptic patients was given to Jaqueline to prevent her from having convulsions.
Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder during pregnancy diagnosed when a women develops high blood pressure.
“I know that the family was there. And even at 4 a.m. the following day, (Jasmine) was there. She (Jaqueline) has been monitored by the resident (physician) all throughout. By the time she was already in active labor, (her cervix) was four cm. dilated,” Varona said.
Seizures
At 1 p.m., Jaqueline started having contractions and “we (felt) that her labor was progressing,” Varona said.
“At that point, I think that was the time (Jasmine) asked if she (Jaqueline) can (deliver through) Caesarian section. At that point, there was no reason to do a Caesarian on her. Her blood pressure was 120/90,” she said.
By 5:30 p.m., when the attending physicians noted that Jaqueline was already fully dilated, Jaqueline had seizures.
“Sometimes mo-develop ang complication but usually does not go that fast,” Varona said.
She also said the police can always approach the hospital to get information in their investigation.
“You can always examine the chart,” Varona added.
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