The medical staff of the Mandaue City Hospital didn’t commit lapses in handling the ailing wife of a former overseas worker, the regional Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.
DOH-7 Regional Director Dr. Jaime Bernadas said in a press conference that the medicines administered by the medical staff had nothing to do with the sudden death of Jocelyn Coliflores, wife of Cesar Coliflores.
He said the first medicine was Cefuroxime, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections.
The second was diphenhydramine which is used for nose infection and considered a safe tranquilizer.
Bernadas said they are closing their investigation of the case and will submit their findings to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-7).
Dr. Bernadas said they will also meet with the Coliflores family to verify if they want to file a complaint so they can give recommendations on how to proceed with their case. Bernadas said they want to verify the patient’s medical history.
Cesar Coliflores will meet with the DOH fact-finding committee today.
Though it has been a month since Jocelyn died, Dr. Bernadas said it’s still possible to get results from the pathological (tissue) test. He ruled out a physiochemical (fluids) examination because the body has been exposed to formalin.
Cesar Coliflores was disappointed with the DOH findings. “I couldn’t accept her sudden death. I have so many questions on their investigation,” he said.
Coliflores said he and his lawyer Inocencio dela Cerna will present their witnesses Rosalinda Paquera and Ludovina Arnejo to the DOH committee today./With Correspondent Anie M. Paujana