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MANILA, Philippines – Baby River, the three-month-old son of political detainee Queen Mae Nasino, is in critical condition after being admitted to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) for showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Since August 13, the baby has been in the care of his grandmother, since the Regional Court of First Instance of the city of Manila, in an order of July 30, ordered the separation of the baby from its mother despite the Pleas that separating a child nearly a month old from his father could be detrimental to the baby’s health.
The boy has been taken to the hospital several times due to diarrhea and fever. From the Manila Medical Hospital, she was transferred to PGH and, although she tested negative for COVID-19, her condition worsened. The baby is currently in the Intensive Care Unit at PGH.
“According to the latest information from Reina Mae’s family, River does not respond to antibiotics. The doctors said that Queen Mae should visit her baby now while she is still alive, ”said Fides Lim, spokesperson for Kapatid.
Before the court order, Nasino and her baby were allowed to occupy a closed area of the Manila city jail. It was the same area of the detention center where pregnant prisoners or PDLs, older people with hypertension, and women with epilepsy, asthma and congestive heart disease can stay.
But the Manila Court ruled that prison is not a place for a baby, especially as the country is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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