Complaint Source: News Report from GMA News Network Website
A woman named Catherine Bulatao had complications giving birth in their house in
Caloocan City and eventually died after she was denied by several hospitals.
The midwife who assisted her in giving birth said that she must be immediately brought to
a hospital to remove her placenta from her uterus. She was brought to North Caloocan Doctors
Hospital, Far Eastern University Hospital in Quezon City, Bermudez Hospital, Skyline Hospital and
Grace Hospital in Bulacan but Catherine was declared dead on arrival when she was brought to
San Jose del Monte General Hospital.
The family of Catherine will file the appropriate suit against the hospitals which turned
them down. Relative thereto, the Department of Justice ordered the National Bureau of
Investigation to conduct an investigation as regards the incident.