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PUI dies after waiting 11 hours to be admitted

The supporters of the current administration accused the daughter of lying and making up a story for propaganda.

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  • A netizen posts about her frustration and disappointment after her father died in a tent.
  • She said that her father waited for 11 hours to be admitted to the Lung Center of the Philippines only to die a few hours after. 

A person under investigation for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) died after spending 11 hours in a tent outside the Lung Center of the Philippines. He was waiting for admission before he was finally confined, only to die a few hours after.

The man was Liwanag Serrano Jr. and he stayed with other PUIs in a tent for hours. This was according to his daughter, Rachel Serrano-Ramos.

When Liwanag was rushed to the hospital, a doctor allegedly apologized and explained that there were only three nurses in-charge of the PUIs and most frontliners were not present as they were tired and exhausted. Though in an unfortunate situation, the patient still showed respect and understood the situation.

“Bless Lung Center. They can only do so much. We can tell they are so overwhelmed, understaffed and tired just tired. There were so much death around. I never thought in less than 24 hours, my Dad will pass.”

Rachel said that her dad died alone. Away from his entire family.

“He died without family beside him. Until now we are having a difficult time finding a funeral home to pull him out from the hospital and cremate his remains . As per the funeral coordinator when I requested for my Dad to be bathed and groomed…no, we can’t do that anymore I’m so very sorry. We can’t open the bag. He has to go straight to the crematorium. We can’t even say our proper goodbyes.”

https://www.facebook.com/rachelleserrano/posts/10157557974226715

One of Liwanag’s daughters also expressed her frustration on Twitter with hashtags criticizing the current administration.

This made Duterte’s supporters label her story as fake and a “propaganda”. Some even threatening that they’ll tell the government about her claims and make them verify it.

https://twitter.com/Dagr_2013/status/1243740244282765312

A friend defended her and said that what’s wrong in the situation is the system that prioritizes the elite, not her friend’s grieving.

Other netizens also rushed to her defense, saying that these people have no right to red-tag an individual.

https://twitter.com/notoredtagging/status/1243777214199394306

https://twitter.com/seraphearteu/status/1243773422951264256

https://twitter.com/nica_glorioso/status/1243783577604460544

https://twitter.com/lutheraquino/status/1243808605591093249

https://twitter.com/christineteoo/status/1243801311163764737

Lung Center of the Philippines spokesperson Dr. Norberto Francisco explained that the hospital was busy at that time as they were handling 80 patients at the triage tent. He also noted that there were only three nurses attending the area as many of their workers are under quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19Dr. Norberto FranciscoLiwanag Serrano Jr.Lung Center of the PhilippinesNorberto FranciscoPUI dies after waiting 11 hours to be admittedRachel Serrano-RamosRachelle Serrano-Ramos

Written by J M

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