Renjie Torreon, the father of Renjie Torreon Jr., speaks to CHR 7 investigator Lilibeth Llona at the Rolling Hills Memorial Chapel. With them is Emma Torreon, grandmother of the baby. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
RENJIE Torreon and his wife Antonieta had planned to name their first born “Luis” after the typhoon that hit the country recently.
Thirteen hours after his wife was admitted at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), Renjie said he looked for his wife and child, but was directed to go to the hospital morgue.
On top of a box was the death certificate of his stillborn son who was given then name Renjie Torreon Jr.
“When I found out what happened to my son (13 hours after I brought her to the hospital), my whole world stopped. I just walked out and I couldn’t believe it,” he told reporters yesterday.
He and his wife, who both work service crew members in fastfood outlets, said they want to know why they weren’t immediately informed by the hospital about their son’s death after delivery.
Torreon said he first brought his wife to Eversley Child’s Sanitarium in Mandaue City at 2 a.m. but they were referred to VSMMC since there were not incubators on hand.
“I even asked the staff in the morning (past 4 a.m) how my wife was and the VSMMC staff told me they were monitoring my wife,” he said.
Torreon said his wife is still confined at the VSMMC after their son’s death because he is still processing their bills.
Emma Torreon, the grandmother, said that Antonieta was informed about the baby’s death after delivery.
“Gi-ingnan siya ma’am imong baby patay na. Wala gani siya gipa hug sa bata pero nahibung siya ngano naay samad ang baby (She was told that her baby was dead. She didn’t even have a chance to hug her child but she asked why the baby had wounds),” Emma said.
Ultrasound
It was after he and his grandmother claimed the baby at the morgue and brought him back home last Sunday morning that they saw what happened to the baby’s neck.
“Ang akoa lang ba nga makahibalo lang me unsay nahitabo. Unya dugay pa jud kaayo me gi inform sa gawas nga namatay na ang bata (What we wanted was to know what happened. And why it took so long for us to be informed outside that the baby died),” Redjie said.
He said he has no idea when they will schedule the interment of their first child.
Obligation
Torreon said his wife complained of stomach pain.
He said Antonieta told him and her mother-in-law that her stomach was twisted several times during the delivery of their child.
“It’s also the hospital’s obligation to feed my wife because she’s a patient. But my wife told me that she wasn’t given her ration because her name wasn’t on the list,” Torreon said.
Lilibeth Llona, an investigator from the regional Commission on Human Rights (CHR-7) went to Cebu Rolling Hills Memorial Chapel and talked with the couple yesterday morning.
“We still need the medical records from the hospital. In this case if there is and proven malpractice then it’s the responsibility of the doctor and the hospital. We are willing to help if there is a cause (human violation),” she said.
Suzzette Jabonete, information officer of Department of Health (DOH-7) said they are still waiting for the hospital’s report on the incident.
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