Mayor Edna Ogka
Benito In a recent public statement posted by IATF Lanao del Sur, it was stated
that Balabagan was one of the municipalities in the province of Lanao del Sur
which had a local or community transmission of the Covid-19 Virus.
In an exclusive, Mayor Edna Ogka Benito strongly denied the allegation.
“We were never contaminated with the virus. In fact, out of the 100 locally stranded individuals (LSI’s) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), only one of them tested positive thru rapid test. After they under went a 14-day quarantine in an isolation center, all of them tested negative by our health officer,” Mayor Benito said.
Mayor Benito stressed they were definitely wrong in their public statement.
“Accordingly, their basis was because of a three-year-old baby boy. He was an LSI from General Santos City and a resident of Malabang Lanao del Sur. It was learned that the boy was sickly and suffered from a complicated illness. He had also an open wound in his leg, that caused his high fever,” Mayor Benito said.
The lady mayor added that the parents of the child rushed and brought him to Dr. Serapio Montañer Memorial Hospital in Malabang Lanao del Sur.
“But the attending physician of the hospital advised the parents to rush the patient to Cotabato Regional and Medical Center for proper treatment. Unfortunately, a day after his admission, the patient was died. It’s so sad to hear that the boy died due to contamination of Covid-19 virus, as per result made by his attending physician at CRMC, Mayor Benito said.
After the incident, the parents brought the body of their child back to his grandparent’s home place at Barangay Lalabuanin the munici[pality of Balabagan, where the child was buried.
“Let me clear for once, the three-year-old baby boy and his family were not residing nor a resident of this locality, only the grandparents of the late boy, ”Mayor Benito stressed.
Accordingly, the patient’s parent was a resident of Malabang, Lanao de Sur before they migrated to General Santos City. When the pandemic erupted, they decided to go back to Malabang as LSI’s with their sickly baby boy.
After the burial, the local government of Balabagan directed the entire family left by the child to submit themselves to the local health officers for rapid testing and to follow mandatory protocols by undergoing the 14 days quarantine.
“After the 14 days quarantine of the entire family of the late
three-year-old boy, family members were tested negative of Covid-19,” Mayor
Benito said. (Anne B. Acosta)
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