By KIT BAGAIPO
Shortly after her death, 2-month old Creslyn Lamoste allegedly lost her heart at the Gov. Celestino Gallares Regional Hospital (GCGRH) during an autopsy even as the infant's parents claimed they did not allow it.
In an interview with the Chronicle, the child's father Cresencio Lamoste said they confined their daughter at the GCGRH last September 21 due to pneumonia. But she died two days later.
According to Cresencio, the attending physician she identified as a certain Dr. Nagulada allegedly informed them that the hospital will conduct an autopsy.
Knowing their child died of pneumonia, Cresencio and the child's mother Adeline Gonzales at first refused the doctor's request but eventually agreed after they were told it was the hospital's policy.
The doctor allegedly told the parents that the hospital will refuse to admit any other member of their family if they do not agree to the procedure.
Reporters of station dyRD tried to get the side of Dr. Nagulada the past two days but to no avail.
In a separate interview with Dr. Edgar Pizarras, information officer of GCGRH, he said the management of the hospital will verify the case and conduct an investigation.
Pizarras did not say whether it was indeed a policy at the said government hospital to conduct autopsies even when the patient's relatives did not request for such procedure.
The parents discovered that doctors at the GCGRH took the child's heart when they brought her lifeless body for embalming at the Rodan Funeral Homes in Poblacion Calape town.
The embalmer, Jelfon Dano, was the one who discovered that the organ was missing when he tried to re-stitch the opening at the chest of the infant.
Both Cresencio and Adeline were shocked and enraged to learn that the child's heart was taken by doctors without their knowledge.
The couple reported the incident at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) regional office in Cebu City.
They said, they just want to seek justice for what has been done to their daughter.
Dr. Pizarras said the GCGRH will issue a statement once investigation can be conducted.
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