By Sun Star Cebu
A mother has gone to court to compel a private hospital in Cebu City to discharge her infant, despite half a million pesos in unpaid hospital bills since her delivery last July.
Maria Lourdes Farro filed a special proceeding for habeas corpus before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) against Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital. She said it refused to
discharge her baby until she settles P503,000 in hospital bills.
Farro asked the court to issue a writ of habeas corpus, directing the hospital management to release her child without further delay.
Despite repeated attempts to reach them, no Cebu Doctors’ officials or counsel were available yesterday to comment.
In her petition, Farro said she was admitted to Cebu Doctors for a pulmonary infection and bleeding. She prematurely gave birth to her son last July 22, 2009.
Because the infant was prematurely born, he was placed in the hospital’s Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit. Farro told the court she was then discharged on July 24, while her baby remained in the hospital for further treatment.
On Oct. 16, 2009, Dr. Potenciano Larrazabal, president of Cebu Doctors, informed Farro about the management’s plan to transfer the baby to the pediatric ward.
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