Hopeless mother sends baby to morgue; baby turns out to be alive

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A mother was recently prompted by financial woes to remove her baby from intubation and send him to the morgue, even if the baby had not yet been declared dead.

Two-week-old baby Aldrin was rushed to a hospital in General Santos Doctors Hospital on July 20, due to signs of weakness. The baby’s doctor said that Aldrin was not breathing, and had no heartbeat. He was promptly revived and intubated, and fitted with a bag valve mask to help him breathe.

The doctor advised the family that this was the baby’s only recourse and that he would die without intubation and assisted breathing.

Thirteen days later and without visible improvement , however, he infant’s mother – faced with a hospital bill amounting to P100,000 and steadily climbing – decided to have the baby brought to the morgue, presuming that the latter’s baby’s condition would no longer improve.

The mother brought her baby to the morgue at 5 pm, although the doctor never declared the infant to be dead.

Much to the mother’s surprise, baby Aldrin was still moving and breathing at 8am the next day.

According to reports, PO3 Jepson Corsit heard the baby crying inside the morgue. The baby was rushed to the hospital shortly thereafter, where he is now in stable condition.

Baby Aldrin’s mother expressed her thankfulness that her baby was not immediately embalmed.