Team DailyPedia
City Disaster Risk and Reductions Management Office (CDRRMO) is a local working unit that performs special functions in response to circumstances brought about by natural or human-induced disaster. Simply put, they are responsible for ensuring the protection and welfare of the people during disasters or emergencies.
But this was questioned by Mary Michelle Mauricio Edralin who posted a video of her confrontation with the Antipolo CDRRMO officers on Monday. According to her, she requested for aid to transport her grandmother using the ambulance vehicle. Instead, she was asked to go to the community first insisting that it’s out of their area of responsibility. The man on duty also added that they cannot leave Antipolo that easily because there is a set of process and protocol that needs to done before they take action. The patient was Salvacion P. Mauricio, 68 years old, who died the same day because of her illness.
Here is Edralin’s Facebook post:
“(City Disaster Risk and Reductions Management Office)
RESCUE ANTIPOLO PINAGDAMOT AMBULANCE KAHIT EMERGENCY NA KAYA MATANDANG SUMAKLOLO NAMATAY HABANG NAG AANTAY SARAP PA NG UPO NILA IMBIS NAGRERESCUE NA.
sana po matulungan nyo po kami mabigyan ng leksyon ito mga tauhan ng CDRRMO rescue antipolo sa hindi nila pag papahiram sa 50-50 matanda ng ambulance kahit nakiusap na po kami dapt daw po daw libutin daw po namin bawat barangay na my ambulance pag wla daw po kami na kuha chaka lang daw po sila rerescue ang sasarap pa ng upo nila ng balikan namin at sabhin bakit hndi sila nag pahiram ng ambulance samantala 50-50 na po lola ko sagot po sa amin dapat sa community daw po kami lumapit o sa barangay sakanila po kami lumapit dahil rescue antipolo po sila at sila po malapit nag makaawa kami sakanilang ng hiram pero gusto nila dumaan muna kami sa proseso po nila is unfair po kasi buhay po pinag uusapan hndi po ung sinasabi nilang dapat dumaan kau sa proseso at iprotocol daw po muna grabe sakit ang ginawa nila sa mantandang namatay na hindi man lang subukan isugod sa ospital pinakamasakit na narinig ko harap harapan sakanila ung salitang PAANO KUNG TINAKBO NAMIN YAN DI NA MATAY DIN YAN KASALANAN PA NAMIN ang sagot ko po ok lang po iyon atleast nagawa nila part nila bilang rescue at nakatulong po sila ang saklap tlga sana mabigyan sila ng leksyon ng hindi na maulit ang mga kayabang ng mga ito.
I can’t describe and express how we felt at that time… It was really so painful… and still is… Sobrang sakit po mawalan ng isang miyembro ng pamilya lalo’t higit kung LOLA mo pilit pinag lalaban sasakit nya dahil lang sa tamad ng tahuhan ng CDRRMO ANTIPOLO parang sila na rin humusga sa lola ko
And to all friends/relatives who care, I will appreciate if you could simply share this post. It will be a lot of help.
She is SALVACION P. MAURICIO , my gRAND MOTHER who passed away last AUGUST 17, 2014 at around 6:18 PM
rest in peace SALVACION PATASIN MAURICIO”
The video post has already reached 1,689 likes and 7,865 share. A lot were apparently furious to what happened, expressing their anger and disgust to Antipolo CDRRMO:
While others try to rationalize the situation,
In an interview with TV5 Aksyon, the family said they knew their grandmother’s life will not last that long, they just expect that the CDRRMO would have the heart to help them bring their Lola Salvacion to the hospital.
Sunday when Lola Salvacion felt sick. They first went to their Barangay to ask for an ambulance but they have another patient in line. So they ask for aid at the CDRRMO Antipolo but instead of helping them, they’re were rejected due to their protocol that they cannot go outside of Antipolo City. Mauricio’s family were able, however, to seek help from the next Barangay.
When asked for the status of the people in the video footage, Mr. Dodie Coronado, PIO of Antipolo City said, “nakasuspend na po from their duty itong mga involved at nagkakaron pa po ngayon ng investigation regarding po doon sa nangyari.” He also stressed that the ‘out of jurisdiction’ remark came from the driver of the ambulance not from the city.
Furthermore, Coronado said, “Handa naman pong tumulong ang siyudad dito po sa pamilya at hinihintay nga rin po yung agarang resulta ng imbestigasyon na kasalukuyan pong ginagawa ng aming administrador. At hindi naman po nating palalampasin yung mga tiwali at mga ganitong akto na ginagawa po ng mga tauhan. Nakahanda na po ang pakikipag-usap namin sa mga frontliners at mga kawani na rin po bilang pag-iingat narin po at magsilbing lesson na rin po itong nangyari.”
