Probers made to wait 3 hours by hospital execs

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/17/2014

One week after the issue surfaced, the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House has yet to submit an incident report on the taping of a baby’s mouth, the investigation now includes two other agencies aside from the…

Parents of baby in hospital scandal want privacy, will pursue case

Marian Z. Codilla 05/15/2014

The parents of baby Yohannes, the newborn boy whose mouth was taped by a nurse in a private hospital asked media to allow them to spend quality time with each other. Their story had been published around…

‘Taped’ baby comes home; father says nurse’s lapse shows need ‘to fix the system’

Doris C. Bongcac 05/15/2014

His newborn son is home from the hospital but bicycle activist Ryan Noval isn’t finished with what he calls his “quest for justice.” Appearing before the Cebu City Council yesterday, the father of the infant said he’s…

Baby scare

05/14/2014

Indefensible. That was how the Cebu Medical Society described the actions of a group of doctors and nurses of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) who figured in the Jan. 3, 2008 “Black Suede Scandal.” To recall,…

CHR steps in to investigate plasterering newborn’s mouth

05/13/2014

Officials of Commission on Human Rights arrived at the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House, Inc. to investigate on the complaint of the parents of a newborn whose mouth was sealed with a tape. There is also…

Israeli army medics deliver baby in field hospital in Bogo

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/17/2013

Israeli army medics have delivered a baby in the typhoon-struck city of Bogo, north Cebu, and the grateful mother named him “Israel”. The birth took place last Friday in a field hospital set up by 150 members…

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