#DENGGATE: ANOTHER DENGVAXIA COVERUP IN THE MAKING?
Twelve-year-old Balanga City native Alexander Jaime passed away on 04 January 2018 at the Bataan General Hospital (BGH), and authorities were quick to dismiss the case as unrelated to dengue.
According to City Health Officer Mark Banzon, "The final diagnosis that caused the patient’s death was septic shock with underlying cause of acute gastroenteritis. He was suffering from diarrhea with moderate to severe dehydration. Negative to dengue [
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The child's mother didn't believe the official, so she sought help from the Public Attorney's Office (PAO).
In response, PAO Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta and PAO Forensic Laboratory Director Erwin Erfe drove to Bataan to examine the child's remains.
In an interview with ThinkingPinoy held earlier today, Erfe said he autopsied the child's remains and he discovered,massive internal bleeding in the child's brain, lungs, liver, spleen, and heart, indicative of dengue hemorrhagic fever [
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The child's brain also suffered from major swelling, Erfe said.
While acute gastroenteritis may cause hemorrhaging, bleeding is usually confined within the gastrointestinal area. The hemorrhaging in Jaime's case also involved other major organs.
Rueda-Acosta said they attempted to get a copy of the child's death certificate from local authorities but they were given the run-around. Local authorities gave various alibis for the delay, despite the fact that Jaime is scheduled to be interred tomorrow, which would require the certificate.
Is this another attempted coverup similar to what ThinkingPinoy discovered in Tarlac City last month