00:00There is a man in Haro, Salete who is living as if his feet are stuck in a wood called pandog.
00:14It is said to be a way of punishment in the past.
00:19What is his condition and who did this to him?
00:30In this video, you can see that the barangay people of Haro, Salete are in chaos.
00:40Their neighbor, Sito, is covered in blood.
00:48He was attacked by a man.
00:51He was on his back.
00:53If he hadn't arrived, we would have lost our father.
00:58I'm really scared.
01:00I want to cry for my husband.
01:11But instead of being jailed, the suspect's feet were stuck between two woods, which they call pandog.
01:22This is similar to the way in which prisoners were hanged in the past.
01:28And the suspect was not jailed or hanged in a prison.
01:34But he was hanged in the house where Sito was injured.
01:39I can't breathe, so I'm going to cry.
01:42I'm going to cry.
01:44I'm going to cry.
01:45But is this really the right way for a man to pay for his sins?
01:54I need help.
01:55I don't want that, but I can't do anything because that's the only way.
02:05Sito was just going to buy in the store when he was attacked by a man.
02:11When I got here, he held me, and then I suddenly fell asleep.
02:16He didn't let me go.
02:18Sito held the man who was hurting him.
02:22Until their blood came to a boil.
02:27They brought me to the back of the jail.
02:29I didn't fight.
02:30I said, don't, don't, don't hurt me.
02:34Sito's cry was good enough.
02:37His son, Carlo, heard it and immediately cried.
02:41When I got here, my father was already there.
02:43His head hit the wall.
02:45The man was stopped by the police.
02:49He was released.
02:50So that he wouldn't be lost, they finished him off.
03:03Even though he was safe in the hospital,
03:05it was still painful for Sito to see Sito in this condition.
03:11What was painful for him was none other than his 28-year-old son, Christian.
03:19It's not his real name.
03:21I feel sorry for him when I see him like that.
03:30This is the only way they could think of to save Christian,
03:35who was more than a decade old, from his own thoughts.
03:40I didn't want to give him a job.
03:49Their own house served as Christian's prison.
03:54I didn't put anything he could reach.
03:57Especially hard things.
03:58It was forbidden because he would bite.
04:00To take better care of his son,
04:02Sito made a barong-barong next to him.
04:07Whenever he asked me for something, I would give it to him.
04:10That's all I could do inside.
04:11He would get angry.
04:13While his wife, Minerva, and their other children,
04:16left the house.
04:18My children sleep there with their friends.
04:22If they sleep with you,
04:24later, your brother will have a wooden pillow.
04:30Because of the barong-barong, Christian's movements were limited.
04:35If he didn't sit down, he would lie down.
04:38He put a ball and a mat.
04:42I didn't want that.
04:43But I couldn't do anything because that's the only way.
04:48Despite being violent,
04:50there were times when Christian was able to talk.
04:59Are you hungry, sir?
05:01Yes.
05:02Who will feed you, sir?
05:04My father and mother.
05:07Sito is the one who prepares his food.
05:12To make sure he won't get hurt,
05:14he reminded him of his other son, Edmond.
05:24It's not tasty.
05:25It's tasty.
05:26It's tasty.
05:27I only got rice.
05:28Do you have water?
05:29No.
05:30No.
05:33But there were times when,
05:35suddenly, Christian's temper changed.
05:49What is this?
05:50What is this?
05:51What is this?
05:52What is this?
05:54What is this?
05:55What is this?
05:56What is this?
05:57It's a wound.
05:58It's a wound.
05:59It's a wound.
06:01Christian was one of the five out of ten siblings.
06:04He was very small.
06:06He helped me plant trees.
06:10But when he turned 17,
06:12his temper started to change.
06:15He would walk around the neighborhood.
06:17He would break the door of the house, the plants.
06:20Christian started to get sick.
06:23He said,
06:24I will hurt you.
06:25I didn't notice because I thought he was just joking.
06:29Suddenly, he hit me with a stick.
06:35Don't hurt me.
06:37I'm your mother.
06:38He said,
06:39I will kill you.
06:42I was scared.
06:43I thanked God that I didn't get hit in the head.
06:48Christian's condition was consulted by a doctor.
06:53And they found out that he has bipolar disorder.
06:57An individual has extreme mood shifts.
07:02From a very high mood.
07:10To sometimes, there are episodes that are very low.
07:13Another is when there is a severe source of stress, trauma.
07:18The doctor told me,
07:20Father, take good care of your son.
07:23He will only be treated here in the hospital.
07:26But because he didn't follow his medication,
07:29his condition worsened.
07:32He would break windows and windowsills.
07:36He would break them.
07:39Because there is no proper facility that Christian can go to,
07:43even if it hurts them.
07:45I'm sick.
07:46I need a doctor.
07:47I need help.
07:49When they came up with a solution,
07:51he was sent to the hospital.
07:54That tree was stolen by Pacong 4 and 5.
07:57Because here in Barangay Daro,
07:59there was a brother that day.
08:01That's what they did.
08:05I know it was hard for him.
08:07Because he said,
08:08I'm sick.
08:12It was very painful,
08:14especially when he shouted,
08:15Mother, Mother,
08:17take care of my son.
08:19You love me so much, don't you?
08:21Even though he was so young.
08:23But despite Christian's insistence,
08:27there were times when he was able to escape.
08:31Just like in the video incident
08:34where he was found naked.
08:37His father, Sito,
08:39was buried in Putikan.
08:43With the help of their local government unit
08:46or LGU,
08:47just last year,
08:48Christian's wife brought him to Manila
08:51to be consulted
08:53at the National Center for Mental Health
08:55in Mandaluyong.
08:56After a few months of treatment,
08:59Christian's condition improved.
09:01He got out of there,
09:02he got better.
09:03His body came back.
09:05This construction worker worked all day
09:08before he was sent home by a layperson.
09:10He said he was okay.
09:11We gave him a massage at the terminal.
09:13Then he went home.
09:15When he came home,
09:16he was like that for two or three months.
09:19Then he came back.
09:21I don't want to be treated like this.
09:23I don't want to be treated like this.
09:25That's why Christian
09:27fell again.
09:29In my opinion,
09:30it's inhumane to tie people up.
09:33Our LGUs have a big role
09:36to ensure that their constituents
09:38are able to access
09:40the most basic of services
09:42even in far-flung areas.
09:44It's really a challenge in the Philippines.
09:46Available resources per province.
09:49There are regional mental health councils,
09:51but not for all regions in the country.
09:54Geography,
09:55availability of services,
09:57services and facilities,
09:58and of course, the funds.
10:00I have the same situation as him.
10:02It's like he's serious.
10:05I can't go far
10:07because of him.
10:08They also can't work in the fields
10:11so most of the time,
10:13they're busy with food.
10:15There are 12 of us
10:17who eat at home.
10:19He's short of food,
10:20but we can't do anything
10:22because that's all we're looking for.
10:28I thought he would get better.
10:31He wouldn't get sick anymore.
10:35I thought he would get better.
10:36I thought he would get better.
10:38We've been together all our lives,
10:42but that's what happened to him.
10:51It hurts.
10:56Do you still love me?
10:57No, I don't.
10:58You didn't take my money.
11:00I feel sorry for him
11:01when I see him like that.
11:04We have an active MHGAP program
11:07here in our municipality.
11:09The number one aim is to ensure
11:11the ready availability of the medicine.
11:15Last week,
11:16the Rural Health Unit of Haro
11:19visited Christian again
11:21to check on him.
11:22Did I plan this right?
11:23Yes.
11:25They say they regularly
11:26give Christian medicine.
11:28It takes a long term
11:31It takes a long term
11:32therapy for the medicine
11:34before we can see
11:35the progress of the patient.
11:37The barangay council will help
11:39that he's not really hungry.
11:41Hello, Commissioner.
11:42But they say
11:43the medicine and food
11:45are not enough for his condition.
11:47So today,
11:49with the help of the officials
11:50of the municipality and barangay,
11:52I'm going to be isolated here.
11:54they will bring Christian
11:55to a private hospital.
12:00But before that,
12:01he needs to be released
12:03from prison.
12:26They hope that
12:28Christian's release from prison
12:30will be the beginning
12:32of his complete release
12:34from his illness.
12:39We diagnosed him
12:40to have schizophrenia.
12:42Our diagnosis was negative.
12:45Given the symptoms
12:47of psychosis,
12:49disorganized behavior,
12:51we will admit the patient
12:52for 14 days.
12:53Hopefully, in those 14 days,
12:55his symptoms will be controlled.
12:58The LGU of Harol Leyte
13:00and our program
13:01provided financial assistance
13:03for his medicine.
13:06We really want to be together
13:08in food,
13:10in bed, and in the house.
13:15I just want to be free.
13:22With the increase
13:23of mental health cases in the Philippines,
13:25the medical service
13:27should also be strengthened
13:29in such cases and diseases
13:31as a help to their families
13:33and especially
13:35to the patients
13:37who are also fighting
13:39for the invisible
13:41separation
13:43in their minds.
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