The provincial government sends purified water to the evacuation centers every day, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.*
The death of a 9-month-old baby boy staying at a La Castellana, Negros Occidental, evacuation center is an isolated case, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Wednesday, Jan. 1.
The child from Brgy. Masulog, La Castellana, was staying in an evacuation center with his parents, Diaz told DIGICAST NEGROS.
On the third week of December his family brought him on a “habal-habal” motorcycle to a “hilot” in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, which was a five hour drive and immediately returned to the evacuation center in La Castellana after, Diaz was informed.
On Dec. 22 the child showed symptoms of the onset of a cough and runny nose, and on Dec. 23 sought consult at the Rural Health Unit.
On Dec. 24 the child who developed a fever started vomiting and was referred to the Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial District Hospital on Dec. 25 where he expired on Christmas Day, the report said.
The immediate cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest and the antecedent cause was acute gastroenteritis with severe dehydration.
The underlying cause was electrolyte imbalance.
Diaz said that the case was isolated because on investigation at the time the baby boy was the only one with LBM and was vomiting at the evacuation center that houses 41 other children.
The provincial government sends purified water to the evacuation centers every day, and diapers for the babies, he said.
Health services are also provided at the evacuation centers.*