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[was] a tug boat. So, I told him just go down in the messroom or dayroom
and he obey[ed]. I call[ed] another crew for escort.
At 0400lt, 1AE called me up on bridge that Deck cadet [was] forcing to open
engine room door coz he want[ed] to see the engine. But then he didn't let
him in.
At about 0445hrs it was noticed that he [was] walking on deck again. The
escort inform[ed] the bridge that he [didn't] want to sleep, he want[ed] to
see the lights. Then I shout[ed] again in [the] public address system to let
him come back inside coz [it was] still too dark.
At 0608hrs he [was] again on deck walking/jogging with no shirty only short
pants and slippers. He had not been sleeping for Hie whole night as per
escort report. Also third officer inform[ed] me that at abt 2200hrs he [came]
up also on the bridge with blanket and pillow. When ask by third officer just
say this is just my baby. At daytime he [was] always in the dayroom playing
music and [on] full volume [for] which galley boys are also complaining.
In this condition of him of which everyday is getting wors[e], I strongly
oppose his presence on board. I want him to be dis-embarked immediately
on arrival. He is now resisting orders, he [doesn't] listen to the officers and
to his escort. This endanger[s] the safety of all crew on board and the vessel
especially during transit and maneuvering. All my patience is over now.
Yours truly,
Capt. V. A. Capero
Upon the vessel's arrival in Egypt on December 25, 2003, a physician was called on
board to assist Godinez, and he was brought to a local medical facility.
On January 10, 2004, Godinez was repatriated, and was referred to and confined at
Sachly International Health Partners, Inc. (Sachly), the company-designated medical
facility, for evaluation and treatment. The resulting Initial Medical Report[11] on
Godinez's case, which was unsigned, contains an admission made by the latter that
when he was 15 years old, he began to have episodes of insomnia and paranoia, for
which he sought psychiatric evaluation and management.
On January 13, 2004, Godinez was once more examined at Sachly, and the January 19,
2004 Medical Progress Report[12] issued by Sachly's Medical Coordinator Dr. Susannah
Ong-Salvador (Salvador) thereafter contained a recommendation that a psychological
test be done "to [c]onsider bipolar disorder II", as it was noted that Godinez became
"excessively talkative, with flight of ideas, and had erratic sleeping patterns [of only 12 hours, hallucinations, and was verbally abusive towards his mother and suffered from
uncontrolled sleepiness]." He was admitted at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital
on January 19, 2004.
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