Medical attendant injected two powder vials or 750 milligrams of Cefuroxime into her dextrose to supposedly treat her urinary tract infection.
The news was also featured in international news after her video surfaced online. The updates of the news said that autopsy and medical certificate went totally different from each other which made it clear that there's wrong on the way on how the doctor treated the girl.
Cesar Califlores posted in her fb account the video of her wife which already got thousands of views and shares. Watch video here
Post by Cesar A Coliflores.
Autopsy results
Based on the death certificate issued by the hospital on January 2, Jocelyn died of "probable ruptured cerebral aneurism."
The results of autopsy conducted by the Regional Crime Laboratory Office revealed that the patient's exact cause of death was "sudden cardiac death and left ventricular hypertrophy."
Because of the discrepancy in the results, Cesar said they now want to be enlightened as to what had really cost his wife's life.
Hospital probe
Meanwhile, officials of Mandaue City District Hospital vowed to make their investigation into the case but said they have yet to receive a formal complaint on the matter.
"We're still going to investigate into it because there is no proper complaint received yet. We only got the news and saw what happened on Facebook but we did not receive any proper complaint," said hospital chief Malou Espinosa.
Espinosa said it was Dr. Antonette Alcantara who attended to the patient at the emergency room while Dr. Rachelle Ann Segovia was assigned at the hospital ward.
The hospital chief declined to answer on who actually gave the prescription to the patient, although Cesar earlier alleged that it was Alcantara.
Espinosa said they will be looking into patient's morbidity and mortality records, adding that based on their files, Jocelyn died of a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.
"There's nothing to complain of, nothing to worry about because in our part, we did our best. We did the right thing on the patient," Espinosa said.
The hospital will form a group of investigators that will probe on the two doctors and three nurses who were reportedly involved in the incident.
DOH intervenes
In another development, the Department of Health-7 will also launch a separate fact-finding team that will study the case.
DOH-7 officer-in-charge Elizabeth Tabasa hopes they will get a copy of a letter-complaint signed by Jocelyn's husband.
Tabasa said among the areas they will look into are whether the hospital observed standard operating procedures and whether it had basis in administering the prescriptions.
For his part, Mayor Jonas Cortes separately declined to comment on the issue but he vowed to deepen the police's investigation.
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