NBI to investigate death of former OFW’s wife

The former overseas worker whose wife died 30 minutes after being admitted to the Mandaue City District Hospital sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the incident.

Cesar Coliflores personally went to the NBI regional office in barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City to seek their assistance last Friday.

NBI Asst. Regional Director Dominador Cimafranca said they requested Coliflores to file a formal complaint.

“We required him to submit additional documents to support his request for investigation,” he said.

Cimafranca clarified that their investigation is separate from the inquiry made by the Department of Health (DOH).  Coliflores claimed that his wife Jocelyn died because she was given the wrong medicine by the medical staff.

Coliflores was not around when his wife was confined at the hospital due to fever last January 2 since he was working in Saudi Arabia at the time.

Hospital records showed that 750 milligrams of powdered Cefuroxime were mixed in the dextrose that was administered to Jocelyn to fight “bacterial infection.” Another 50 milligrams of Diphenhydramine was also added into Jocelyn’s dextrose bottle so that she would be sedated. After 30 minutes, Jocelyn felt uneasy and became hysterical.

She then asked  one of her children to take a video of her. Jocelyn died afterward.  The death certificate issued by the hospital stated that Jocelyn died due to a “ruptured cerebral aneurysm.”

But results of the examination done by the PNP Crime Lab showed that the patient died of “sudden cardiac arrest.”