MANILA - -Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial on Friday denied that
there were a total of 59 deaths recorded in the evacuation centers in Iligan
City, where resident-evacuees from Marawi City had been staying since the
Marawi crisis took place.
In an interview with this reporter, DOH Secretary Paulyn Ubial said the
information that came out in some media reports, which cited such number of
deaths, were totally wrong and she had never said them.
She said she had reviewed the video and clearly showed she said that
there were no deaths in evacuation centers," said Ubial.
The video that Ubial was referring to was the press briefing during the
event of ASEAN Dengue Day held in Legazpi City in Bicol on June 15 (Thursday)..
She admitted that what she mentioned there were actually deaths outside
the evacuation centers or in the hospitals where some of the evacuees were
referred to for further treatment which then totaled to only 19.
She insisted that such deaths can be attributed to pre-existing
conditions suffered by some patients such as cancer, undergoing dialysis
treatment.
She added that aside from the said 19 deaths, she mentioned that there
were four other cases of deaths that they were still checking to establish the
cause of death.
In mentioning that, she said that she even raised her hand as gesture
to indicate that number.
"Itinaas ko po ang kamay ko saying may apat na allegedly namatay
(I raised my hand saying there were four who allegedly died (due to still
unverified reasons)," the Health Chief said.
She said she was willing to show the video of the entire press conference
to further prove that she had not mentioned 59 deaths.(LSJ/PNA)posted by Becky D. de Asis - The Redline News
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