NAGING isang malaking hassle ang dapat sana’y enjoyable Holy Week vacation ni Karen Davila kasama ang kanyang family.
Sugatan kasi ang anak niyang si David and Karen posted photos sa kanyang social media account.
“Around half an hour after… our son David ran to us BLOODIED, with his rash guard ripped apart and said, ‘Mom, I had an accident!.’
“My husband immediately attended to my son, as they searched for a life guard, a medic or a small first aid station in Boardwalk Cloud 9.
“I, on the other hand, started calling out for my smaller son, Lucas who was still surfing on the beach.
“After a minor commotion, with surfers screaming my son’s name, Lucas finally came to shore with his trainer Junrey.
“It took some time before we finally found David and my husband DJ at the end of the boardwalk.
“My son’s whole chest, was bleeding from crisscrossing abrasions (as you can see on the photo above) with a deeper gash under the right rib, clearly from hitting the rocks on the shallow waters, his chin bruised and covered with blood, his right hand in cuts like that from a small knife.”
‘Yan ang narration ni Karen.
What infuriated her more was the absence of her son’s trainer and the absence of first aide and nurse.
“What got me very angry was Jocol Valerio, the trainer – suddenly disappeared! My husband said after showing him the sari-sari store where to buy the Betadine, cotton and gauze, he left them.
“No one was there to assist my husband or my son who was bleeding! No nurse, no first aid, NO ONE.
“Owners Dingdong and Mildred Pabillore offered to drive us to the nearest hospital, which was at Dapa….would you believe, some 45 minutes away by car! Imagine if we had to take a tricycle!”
Ang nakakaloka pang kuwento ni Karen, “At the municipal hospital in Dapa, there were no tetanus vaccines available. Mildred had to ask Junrey, Lucas’ trainer to take his motorcycle and buy Tetanus Toxoid & Tetanus Immunoglobin Vaccines, antibiotics and painkillers prescribed by the doctor.
“While there was a doctor and a nurse on duty, very helpful and attentive—there were no medicines.”