Cebu Maternity House to resume operations

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/25/2016

More than two months after it closed due to labor issues, the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. (CPCMHI) resumed its operations yesterday. Lawyer Cornelio Mercado, the hospital’s chief legal officer, confirmed in a phone interview…

‘Taped baby’ nurses back on duty; PB defers act on CCTV proposal

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Peter L. Romanillos 08/05/2014

THE two nurses who were accused of taping the mouth of a newborn confined in the neonatal care unit of the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. (CPCMHI) are off the hook and have reported back…

DOH warns CPCMHI vs. pacifiers use

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2014

The Department of Health (DOH) central office has warned the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. (CPCMHI) to discontinue the use of pacifiers to quiet newborn babies. DOH-7 added they will closely monitor whether this is…

Check, voucher show release of P15, 423 to taped baby’s ma

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2014

Baby’s mama  still denies signing for payment, settlement More documents surfaced yesterday to show that an amicable settlement was reached by parties in the baby-taping controversy last June 27. The maternity hospital yesterday released  scanned images of…

Hospital lawyer shows check, signed voucher issued to taped baby’s mother

07/02/2014

Cebu Puericulture and Maternity House lawyer Cornelio Mercado gave Cebu Daily News scanned copy of the check and voucher issued to Jasmine Badocdoc.           Related Story: Taped baby’s mama denies signing settlement…

Taped baby’s mama denies signing settlement

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/02/2014

Hospital lawyer to show check, signed voucher for P15,000 she received as ‘assistance’ A bizarre twist in the case of baby Yohannes has focused attention on whether a formal settlement between the infant’s mother and hospital officials…

Baby was punished

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/01/2014

Gov’t probers find hospital ‘negligent’ for using tape, pacifier for boy’s mouth   Baby Johannes whose mouth was taped in a nursery last May was unfairly “punished” for crying and the private hospital in Cebu City where…

Ryan calls settlement ‘ploy of the hospital’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/01/2014

If he was surprised by his girlfriend’s move, Ryan Noval didn’t show it. Noval, father of the taped baby, downplayed the amicable settlement signed by his partner Jasmine Badocdoc as just a “ploy of the hospital”. He…

Pacifier needed to ‘calm’ baby

06/01/2014

Here is the response of Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. Medical director to letter of Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella May 28, 2014 Honorable Edgardo C. Labella Acting Mayor Cebu City Dear Honorable Labella,…

Hospital says pacifier only used in ‘special cases’

Doris C. Bongcac 06/01/2014

Yes, the hospital taped a  pacifier on “Baby Blaire’s” mouth, said the director of the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House. The purpose was to “calm” the newborn infant who was breathing too fast and kept crying,…

Mother willing to cooperate in probe on taping babies’ mouths

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/27/2014

Another mother who posted a Facebook photo of her baby who had a pacifier taped snug in his mouth said she is willing to cooperate in the investigation of the incident at the Cebu Puericulture Center and…

Public hearing aftermath strengthens group’s resolve to back 2 nurses who allegedly taped baby

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/25/2014

The local chapter of the Philippine  Nurses Association (PNA) yesterday reaffirmed its support for  two nurses implicated in the taping of a newborn’s mouth in a Cebu City maternity hospital. “Our stand is the same especially that…

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