Parents of a sick newly born baby appealed for help

Baby Xavier is still in critical condition

The parents of this newly born baby is appealing for help so they can afford the expensive medication of their child who had been afflicted with Meconium aspiration syndrome or inflammation of the lungs (meconium pneumonitis) since the time of his delivery last June 20, 2013.

Since then, the infant was hooked to a ventilator machine (breathing apparatus) to be able to survive.

The 17-year old mother of the infant, Joyce Zambrano was rushed to the hospital last July 20 due to fever but diagnosis showed she had been stricken with the deadly dengue fever, a disease very common during rainy season in the Philippines which is caused by a mosquito bite.

As a result of the illness, Zambrano was forced to give birth but her baby during the delivery reportedly inhaled a secretion which has caused obstruction in the lungs.

The ventilator machine will serve as a life support for the baby while he is under unstable condition and while the doctors had to contain his infection. But the cost of the ventilator machine alone is already P15,000 daily, excluding other medical expenses.

Raphael Manaois, the father of the baby is just 18 years old and still studying high school. Aside from his Father, a journalist in Pangasinan, who had been supporting him, some people who had seen the baby’s photo which was posted in Facebook had been giving little donation which is only good for daily expenses of the parents in the hospital.

The Father said his baby’s doctor give no assurance on the recovery of the baby and how long will he be dependent on the very expensive machine.

“I and my wife had thought one time of giving up the machine because we can’t afford it but how about if our baby had the chance to live and the breathing apparatus is a bridge of life for him, so we are appealing to those who are kindhearted to please help us,” the youthful parents pleaded.

At the Villaflor Hospital where the infant was previously admitted, the charge for the use of medical oxygen is P15,000 per day, excluding medicines, doctor’s professional fees and other medical services. The total amount of the baby’s hospital bill is now running at P240,000 and the parents had to sign a promissory to be able to transfer their child to much cheaper hospital.

 The patient was transferred now to Trauma Hospital for a little discount for the use of ventilator which is estimated at P10,000 daily, minus other medical services.

The Father said they don’t want to gamble in transferring their baby in a public hospital because aside from the fact that they don’t have the ventilator facility, there is no specialist doctor who is capable to handle the case of their child.

The baby’s parents are also asking the support of any Children Foundation that could help them for possible free hospitalization and medication.

The baby’s grandfather Rani Jim Manaois could be contacted with his cellphone number

09154028628 and his email address-pinoymagasin@yahoo.com.