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…

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…

Hospital officials, mother of taped baby sign ‘no blame’ agreement

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/30/2014

The mother of baby Yohannes, the newborn boy who’s taped mouth set off a furor last May,  has agreed not to sue the hospital where her son was delivered. An amicable settlement, signed last Friday, by Jasmine…

DOH sends evaluation on taped baby

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/26/2014

The Department of Health (DOH)-7 already sent its evaluation report on the “taped baby” case to its central office for validation last Friday. After assessing it, the central office may send a team to Cebu, DOH-7 information…

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,…

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…

Parents hire lawyers, may sue hospital

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/21/2014

No one in the maternity hospital where baby Yohannes was born is taking responsibility for taping the infant’s mouth to quiet him. “We state for the record that the nurses and midwife had nothing to do with…

Dad starts online campaign to ‘break the silence’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/20/2014

While hospital staff in Cebu City deny knowing who taped the mouth of a newborn boy, the father, Ryan Noval, is taking his grievance to a wider campaign using social media. The Fil-Am bicycle advocate launched a…

‘We didn’t tape baby’

05/18/2014

Four nurses and one midwife on duty denied taping the upper mouth of baby Yohannes in an in-house investigation by the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. Lawyer Cornelio Mercado, spokesman of the private hospital, said…

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…

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