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  • 10/5/2023
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Transcript
00:00 A forensic pathologist has a lot of questions about the death certificate of a student who was stabbed by his teacher and died instantly.
00:08 Dr. Raquel Fortune should consider that there were 11 days between the stabbing and his death.
00:17 Witness, Jonathan Andar.
00:22 On October 2, 14-year-old grade 5 student Francis J. Gomicib was in Winoong after being stabbed by his teacher.
00:31 The immediate cause of death is a brain hemorrhage, according to Francis' death certificate.
00:36 He also suffered from a brain hemorrhage and has a weakening of tuberculosis and child physical abuse.
00:43 The child's brain was bleeding from the brain.
00:46 The police are investigating if the stabbing of Francis J. Gomicib has a direct connection to his death.
00:52 We asked the forensic pathologist and UP College of Medicine professor Dr. Raquel Fortune.
00:58 She has a lot of questions about the death certificate of a student.
01:02 How strong was the stabbing?
01:05 Was it really like this?
01:07 Because you have to consider that it could be a fist.
01:10 The flesh is thick and the bones in the neck are not just like that.
01:21 Was a stabbing that was done one time fatal?
01:25 Dr. Fortune also found out the underlying cause of death in the death certificate.
01:31 She will tell us why the child's brain was bleeding.
01:34 It should also be considered that 11 days between the stabbing and his death,
01:41 including tuberculosis, can cause an infection in the brain.
01:46 It can produce meningitis.
01:49 Are we not dealing with a meningoencephalitis?
01:53 An inflammation of the brain and the covering.
01:57 And that can be from bacteria.
02:02 The mother of the child said that it is possible that the child was really stabbed
02:07 because she was not allowed to have it checked out.
02:09 But they still believe that Francis died because of the beating of his teacher.
02:16 He was not sick. He was healthy.
02:18 Where did the bleeding of his brain come from?
02:23 Or the hemorrhage?
02:25 A while ago, the Dependant Tipolo and the principal of Peña Francia Elementary School
02:31 and the mayor of Antipolo promised to pay all the expenses until the burial.
02:37 The CHR labis is in charge of the incident and is already conducting a motoprofio investigation.
02:42 The DOJ is also condemning any kind of abuse to the child that is a crime.
02:47 They prohibit corporal punishment.
02:50 The DOJ has already ordered the fiscal of Antipolo to be linked to the law enforcement agencies.
02:55 Today is National Teachers Day and the Vice President and Education Secretary, Sarah Duterte, has a message for the teachers.
03:02 Whether it be physical, sexual, verbal abuse, you don't do that to children.
03:13 Especially those that are entrusted to your care fully by the community, by their families.
03:22 You are supposed to take care of them. You are supposed to mold them into the best citizens that we can have for the future of our country.
03:35 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Jonathan Andal, your witness.
03:40 Kapusos, let's be witnesses together.
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03:53 (music)

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