Dead On Arrival.

I've read this article in the yoopee multiply group. So sad. :(

definitely not a chain letter, so don't worry. just read it, please.

A good Samaritan taxi driver who belongs to a small breed brought a severely wounded man, a victim of a stabbing incident to a hospital in Valenzuela. However, the hospital, which I will not yet name, refused to provide services to the dying man because first there was no one who will vouch for the payment of the medical services and second, there was no deposit given.

The driver had no choice but to bring the dying man to another medical institution, a public hospital in Karuhatan, Valenzuela. But when the severely wounded victim was brought there it was too late to save him, the victim was already weak from the loss of blood and in a few minutes he died.

The situation was life threatening but his situation was further aggravated, he was doomed not just by the wound or wounds received he was doomed by the very institution that could save him.

Although we cannot say for sure that if he had been treated by the hospital instead of rejecting him, he would survive. He has at least a fair chance to survive. A 60-40 or 50-50 or even 40-60 chance is better than having no chance at all.

The situation involving the deceased was an emergency, a life or death situation but instead of being treated as an emergency the person seeking medical assistance was made to wait, and was denied medical assistance and treatment despite the gravity of this wounds. Medicine and health care is not an a matter of saving lives, it becomes a matter of the pesos you have in your pocket.

An incident like this usually happens but there is no public clamor, perhaps the ailments suffered by the victim or victims are only minor, it is rare that these incidents would reach media attention. If this incident happens to the poor and indigent, he would not waste his time or his resources to sue or file a case administrative or civil against the institution.

A short health secretary before said “bawal magkasakit” perhaps he should’ve added “bawal magkasakuna” and “bawal maging biktima nang krimen” because an incident like this means literally holding on to your guts in the face of death. You are dead on your arrival and the institution denying you medical assistance has made this a certainty and not just a possibility.

Thanks to Victor for sharing this.

here's the link: DOA